Oh Lordy, ansel12, I was just rib-tickling you. Nobody is required to respond to a ping, nobody needs to feel insulted they were pinged, and nobody could reasonably be intimidated by a ping. I get a dozen unsolicited pings a day, and it would never occur to me that some "twisted agenda" might be at play.
Not at all.
(Rubbing hands together.) BWA-Ha-ha-hahahahahaha!
You sure seem terribly concerned about something that doesn’t involve you, it’s almost like a herd thing on this thread.
I bet you do get lots of pings to join religion discussions, I think you are one of the herd types here that spends most of her time on religion.
I get dozens of pings. I just breeze through them and pick the ones that interest me. I feel complimented that someone thinks enough of me to send me an article.