DID I ASK TO BE ON YOUR PING LIST?

vanity | December 20, 2002 | southernnorthcarolina

[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.

[Howlin]

I added one!

[xsmommy]

i am sure one of those is your reserve screen name isn't it??

[xsmommy]

i see the point with the ping lists, but i would never open my mouth to complain about it, you know?

[wimpycat]

Thanks wimpy. I show up on those threads to help bring attention to the problem. What is your purpose for showing up on threads regarding illegal aliens?

Just to keep you on your toes, Joe.

[MaeWest]

LOL, I asked twice to be on your ping list and I want to stay on!!

[VMI70]

"How about separating pings from "my comments?""

Is that doable?

I would think that this would be easier to engineer:
Allow us to delete items from "My Comments".

Is that doable?

[Robert_Paulson2]

honestly? how many would I miss?

NONE... I receive email from certain posters that I ASK to let me know when they find or create an important post. ALWAYS.

When I opt in, I like ping lists.
When I don't opt in, they are irritating.

It's the involuntary ping lists that seem to be an abuse of the system.

I end up wasting time going to articles where folks are NOT really asking me to comment on information or events.

When on a dial up away from the t-1, it takes a LONG time to load, review then skip down till I find the articles where someone is actually asking me a question or calling me to a thread I WANT to see.

I am on several ping lists.

I am on several email chains.

I don't need involuntary spam links put in my "comments to me" page... they waste my time, bandwidth and keep me from getting to the data that is relevant.

[ChemistCat]

You know, there are ping-free zones all over the internet. There are places where, when someone else directly insults you, you might completely miss the fact. ;-)

The annoyance of pings resembles the annoyance one feels when one climbs into one's car, and there's this big WHEEL thing in the way in front of you, taking up all the space where your knees want to be. And under your feet, these annoying pedals. Man, those things sure get in the way. And that tilt lever, my oh my, that is mighty inconvenient, having to push it and then move the whole wheel and everything.

[RonDog]

Mhking is the only one of you three that pings me, with a request I might add, I wish to be included on MeeknMing and Howlin's lists. Thank you and happy pinging.

Howlin has a PING list?!?

Why did I not know about this???

Howlin, please ADD me to your ping list! :o)

Gee whiz! How many GREAT threads have I missed because I was not pinged by Howlin? ;(

Also, mhking please add me to YOUR ping list.

And, MeeknMing, Sabertooth, JohnHuang2, AntiJen, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub, madfly, Ernest_at_the_Beach, Mama_Bear, ALOHA RONNIE, Joy Angela, dansangel, farmfriend, rintense, Pokey78, Brad's Gramma, Jessamine, buffyt and others: please KEEP me on all of YOUR wonderful ping lists!!!

Personally, I would MUCH rather wade through a few pages of pings to ho-hum threads than to MISS one REALLY WONDERFUL thread. :o)

FWIW, I can also NOT answer the telephone when it rings - an ability the whiners seem to lack.

[Howlin]

My ping list is the LIVE THREAD/BREAKING NEWS thread......mostly we "cover" live events on TV (and alert the cubicle bound).....you know, the really juicy news!

If you want on, I'll be more than glad to add you.

Anybody else who wants on, let me know!

[Howlin]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why a simple "Please remove me from your ping list" in Freepmail would not have sufficed, can you?

[RonDog]

If you want on, I'll be more than glad to add you.

Yes, I do.

Please ADD me to your LIVE THREAD/BREAKING NEWS ping list!

[txhurl]

Can I request to be pinged whenever okie01 or cake_crumb gets a ping? I love them.

[Mama_Bear]

please KEEP me on all of YOUR wonderful ping lists!!!

Oh, alright!! You talked me into it. ;-)

FWIW, I can also NOT answer the telephone when it rings - an ability the whiners seem to lack.

LOL! Great reply! I'm with you on that, RonDog.

As you have said, AntiJen,......it would be wonderful if ping lists were my biggest problem.

BTW, Jen, even though I have not had time to visit the foxhole recently, please keep me on your list.....I'll get there when I can. And I am sorry to hear about your Dad. I pray that God will strengthen and comfort you during the difficult time ahead.

[katnip]

Check out the keywords....

The best part is they're anonymous....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Please ADD me to your LIVE THREAD/BREAKING NEWS ping list!

Me too!

[farmfriend]

You realize that mhking has at least 2 ping lists that I know of. Both are great. One is the black conservative list and the other is the hold my beer list. I can never seem to get on JohnHuang's list.

[Howlin]

In the interest of furthering "relationships" here on FR -- or is it "issues".....LOL.......I'll be glad to!

[Jen]

Hi Mama_Bear! You keep freeping those peaceniks for us! The Foxholers know you love our troops and vets, but we'd sure like to see you visit when you can!

[Brad’s Gramma]

WOW!!!!!! When did I get my own ping list? I feel so important now!

Howlin, yes please......ADD ME to yours!