Why should the pingee be responsible for being taken off of lists they don't want to be on in the first place? I'd say the pinger should initiate the contact rather than just putting my name on the list and when I ask in the open forum to be removed, they get all pissy about it. I'm pinging you here just to annoy you.
Sheesh, been here all of 3 weeks and complaining about the place already ;)
I've seen newbie bashing and fully expected it. It doesn't mean that my thoughts are less worthy than an "old timer".