Has anyone else been put on ping lists without their knowledge? (VANITY)

me | 09-01-03 | 4my

[4mycountry]

Sorry for the vanity, but lately I've been getting put on ping lists that I never asked to be on. I was wondering if this has happened to any other FReepers. Anybody else having this problem?

[4mycountry]

Hey now! I was just curious to see if this was happening to anyone else. I DO freepmail back the people and ask to be off of the list. I put up the vanity because I am being put on regular ping list (ie, ping list that are often used, like mhking's lists), not one-time lists.

[TomServo]

Or maybe we need a "Bad Vanity" ping list.

We have enough of those without the need for a ping list. ;-)

[xJones]

You should be ashamed to have pinged Arthur to a ping list thread. Hasn't the poor man suffered enough?

Sorry Arthur, I couldn't help it, and thanks for being a good sport. :)

[RonDog]

See also:

DID I ASK TO BE ON YOUR PING LIST?
vanity | December 20, 2002 | southernnorthcarolina

Posted on 12/20/2002 3:57 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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[Chancellor Palpatine]

Calling Arthur McGowan......

[Prof Engineer]

I like being on your Texas list CindyDawg.

[Always Right]

We have enough of those without the need for a ping list. ;-)

But without a ping list you might miss a good "bad vanity".

[Chad Fairbanks]

Now now... that's about his third ping to this... be nice ;0)

[spodefly]

I had that problem, but then I tried new improved "Ping Away" spray ...

[CindyDawg]

:')))

[Prof Engineer]

Does it hurt badly?

Only when I'm ROFLMAO

[Khurkris]

now THATS funny...

[Hawkeye's Girl]

I have been permanently added to several ping lists without being asked for my consent. I'd ask to be removed, but since they didn't ask me to be on the list in the first place, I honestly don't know if they'll remove me.

No big deal, but I understand where this guy is coming from. We're not talking one time pings here.

[Cboldt]

Every time I post, the thread dies.

Please, please come true again.

[Timesink]

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[RonDog]

See also:

*PING LISTS* Revisited (vanity)
			Posted by EggsAckley On 01/08/2003 12:55 PM PST with 97 comments 1-8-03 | EggsAckley
DID I ASK TO BE ON YOUR PING LIST?
			Posted by southernnorthcarolina On 12/20/2002 3:57 PM PST with 507 comments

[Revolting cat!]

I've just added you! Thanks for axing and you're welcome!

[Consort]

[tiki]

It happens when you respond to a certain kind of article regularly and they think you are interested. Most add on the ping that they will take you off if you don't appreciate it. It is kind of like they recognize your interests say, similar to the way friends do. And besides, what does it hurt?