[jrewingjr]

Was that like publishing an unlisted phone number list along with the instructions "Don't call these people"? Heheh.

Maybe JohnRob could put a "Do Not Disturb" sign option on the profile pages to discourage, or a "ping block" to truly STOP them. For a computer expert - not me for sure - it might not be hard to do.

[mn12]

Maybe JohnRob could put a "Do Not Disturb" sign option on the profile pages to discourage, or a "ping block" to truly STOP them.

I don't think a "ping block" would work too well in its current form since it is simply a message that says "ping", "bump", etc. It would be hard to filter those messages while retaining non-ping messages that just happen to have those words in them. And abusers could just say "Hey, you! Look at this!".

My suggestion, which would probably not involve too much modification to the software, would be to have a link on each story that says "Notify Others". It would accept a user list, and behind the scenes it would post a message to those users with a code of some sort that denotes a ping. When the thread is being displayed, it would automatically filter out any message with a "ping code". This would also make a ping block possible.

Just a suggestion, for any future bulletin board updates.

[Rebelbase]

Here is good one

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the pictures -- they are adoreable.

I don't want someone to take me off their ping list unless I ask because usually I read what I am sent even when I don't reply. Keeps you from missing something IHMO!

[dixie sass]

Oh JR, Those are precious, especially the kitten! As to the ping list, I read what I can and ignore the rest.