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DID I ASK TO BE ON YOUR PING LIST?
vanity
| December 20, 2002
| southernnorthcarolina
Posted on 12/20/2002 3:57:53 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina
Apologies for the vanity post. But I want to rant a bit.
In the past few months, ping lists have proliferated to the point of annoyance. And it is especially irksome to find oneself on a list without having requested inclusion.
There's a word for this:
.
Ponder this question, Chester: Did I ask to be on your #%&@ing ping list? No? Well, then. Draw the logical conclusion. If I wish to be on your ping list, rest assured you'll be the first to know. But while you wait with bated breath for my entreaty to be a party to your wisdom, I'll thank you not to make the assumption that I consider your blog indispensable.
Personally, I'd like to see pinging stopped entirely, via the placing of a limit on the number of people a post may be directed to -- preferably one, but no more than five, in my opinion. But failing that, it should at least be the case that unsolicited spam has no place on Free Republic.
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To: Amelia
Chad....thanks for the original PING!
Amelia....thanks for the follow-up PING!
And Amelia......I agree. This is just TOO TOO funny!
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posted on
12/20/2002 4:58:48 PM PST
by
justshe
To: SamAdams76; A Citizen Reporter; ABG(anybody but Gore); acnielsen guy; Angelwood; arazitjh; ...
I rarely post on vanity threads. I usually ignore them. Then I read post/ping #3.
I know, I should not be on the 'puter, and I should be out Christmas shopping. Or at a bar, or a Christmas party...or...over at gonzo's...
5.56mm
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posted on
12/20/2002 4:58:54 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: AntiJen
I got put on your ping list. The problem I have is that without any involvement in the threads at all, I continue to be pinged over and over. I agree with others here that I should not have to freepmail to let you know. I think you should start over on your foxhole ping list and include only those who ask to be included. Thank you. Rant over.
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posted on
12/20/2002 4:59:01 PM PST
by
mongrel
To: southernnorthcarolina
"OK, so that's one TUCK, and one NO-TUCK....got it?"
(sorry....couldn't resist....this all is a bit like a Seinfeld episode)
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posted on
12/20/2002 5:02:02 PM PST
by
ZinGirl
To: RnMomof7
We have a rule in our home..we are all grown ups..we do not HAVE to answer the phone just because it rings.I just ignored a ringing phone.
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posted on
12/20/2002 5:02:11 PM PST
by
Wrigley
To: SamAdams76
ROFL!!!
To: fuquadukie
fuquadukie, this kenanflaglertarheel understood that your comment was not directed at me. Enjoy your adult beverage, as I'm enjoying mine!
To: NYC GOP Chick
I think I know who you mean too. When I just want to bump an OLD thread, I address a comment to myself and don't bother anyone that way.
I don't keep a ping list, though I will sometimes go to the trouble of doing just what you suggested--pinging everyone on one thread over to another one--if news relating to a hot thread develops.
To: southernnorthcarolina
Seconded. I never asked to be on anyone's ping list either and I have recently been bombarded with mail I do not want!
Hello, take me off your ping list!
To: MeeknMing; mhking; Howlin
Please keep me on your ping list. ;-)
All of the rest of you have to take me off your list 'cause I didn't ask to be on yours. :~p
To: southernnorthcarolina
I agree. Ping lists should be eliminated.
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To: hellinahandcart
Next time I see a thread that I think you'd appreciate, I'll just call you and give you the URL. :D
To: NYC GOP Chick
That's okay, dear, you may PING me. Permission in advance.
To: southernnorthcarolina
Ditto
To: NYC GOP Chick
Yes, just imagine me on the phone trying to scribble down one of these humongous URLS...
To: hellinahandcart
How come we have a link to 'my comments'????? If I want to know what I've said to myself, I can 'talk' to my kids. I'd much rather 'we' know that someone has actually spoken TO 'us' in reply.
Pings are a way to let 'you' know that someone thinks you'd have an interest in the subject/ or they value your opinion/input. Unless, of course, 'your' role model is Foghorn Leghorn, who says,'Go away son, you bother me'.
To: mongrel; AntiJen
I second this. Antijen, please remove me from the foxhole ping list.
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posted on
12/20/2002 6:01:41 PM PST
by
SCalGal
To: southernnorthcarolina
A simple solution is to write the pinger a polite, yet private freepmail, requesting to be removed from the ping list. It takes 2 seconds. write the request in advance, then copy and paste it when you need it.
To: southernnorthcarolina; All
If there is anyone else on this thread who has not already posted to me or made a general 'I don't want to be on any ping list' statement, if you can possibly manage
two clicks, I will be delighted to remove you from the Foxhole list -- the one and only ping list that I maintain -- and I promise never again to disturb the sanctity of your "My Comments" section. </ rant>
The reason you were pinged is to let you know about a new daily thread -- The FReeper Foxhole -- which is located in the VetsCoR Forum that doesn't get much traffic and you may never have known it existed without being notified.
If you would like to be removed from this daily ping list, please click this link then click "Send" to send a BLANK FReepmail to me. Thank you.
(I just found out my dad has lung cancer and he has 3-6 months to live. Some things are more important than a freaking ping list.)
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posted on
12/20/2002 6:11:19 PM PST
by
Jen
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