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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: Robert_Paulson2
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posted on
12/20/2002 6:32:52 PM PST
by
Jen
To: southernnorthcarolina; Jim Robinson
Perhaps there is a solution. Maybe we could have "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" ping lists. If you want to pint more than 10 people, you must add your ping list to...well....a Ping List Registry. If people want on, they click subscribe. If they want off, unsubscribe.
To: LasVegasMac
Thanks for your ping! :-) And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too.
Jen
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posted on
12/20/2002 6:33:57 PM PST
by
Jen
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Me, too! But I'm on vacation through the rest of the year. YAY!
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
And Chad, you feel free to ping me anytime.Is this one of those "don't ask, don't tell" things?
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12/20/2002 6:36:56 PM PST
by
Poohbah
To: Clara Lou
Removed.
146
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12/20/2002 6:37:17 PM PST
by
Jen
To: RepublicanHippy
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147
posted on
12/20/2002 6:37:57 PM PST
by
Jen
To: Amelia
Thank you.
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12/20/2002 6:39:30 PM PST
by
Jen
To: Joe Hadenuf; jackbill
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149
posted on
12/20/2002 6:40:51 PM PST
by
Jen
To: Chad Fairbanks
Thanks Chad. You're one of the few on this thread. ;-)
150
posted on
12/20/2002 6:42:04 PM PST
by
Jen
To: jmc813
***I will agree that the My Comments page can take a while to load, even via
cable modem. I would suggest that for a future upgrade of the software, one
has the option of turning off graphics on the My Comments page.***
I've often thought that graphics on the My Comments page are a waste of bandwidth. We can see the graphics if we decide to look at the thread. Good thought, jmc.
One other thing that wastes a lot of our time is TRYING to find out who pinged us on a long thread because a long ping list ends with "..." and you can't tell which one has your name on it.
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posted on
12/20/2002 6:42:28 PM PST
by
kitkat
To: AntiJen
Oh, wow! Sorry to hear about your dad. I hope that 3-6 month prognosis is just the "standard" time they usually say, and that he hangs tough a lot longer.
To: Mr_Magoo; Free the USA
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153
posted on
12/20/2002 6:44:09 PM PST
by
Jen
To: AppyPappy
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12/20/2002 6:44:43 PM PST
by
Jen
To: Doomonyou
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posted on
12/20/2002 6:45:43 PM PST
by
Jen
To: AntiJen; SAMWolf
For what it's worth, I'll throw a fit if you take me OFF the FReeper Foxhole list. Thanks for your good work.
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posted on
12/20/2002 6:46:39 PM PST
by
dighton
To: Jhoffa_
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157
posted on
12/20/2002 6:47:29 PM PST
by
Jen
To: southernnorthcarolina
How about an alternative idea, perhaps the ops could code in an option that allows people to ignore msgs pinging them if they have more than X recipients. That would allow people who hate pings lists to completely opt out while still preserving the feature for those who might find them useful.
I think Ping lists have some use for some people, but they should send a private freepmail first asking if the person would find it useful to be pinged for posts on specific topics.
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posted on
12/20/2002 6:48:25 PM PST
by
Godel
To: dighton; AntiJen
Thanks dighton. We didn't intend to start any Ping Wars.
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12/20/2002 6:48:29 PM PST
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SAMWolf
To: bribriagain
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160
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12/20/2002 6:48:43 PM PST
by
Jen
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