My god what an incredible list, and what a simple but effective idea. I'm almost afraid to use it, it's so many people. That's an extremely interesting strategy you have of asking not to be recommended. I bet a lot of less-engaged folks only read the front page or the recommended diaries. Verrry interesting guerrilla tactic.

Everyone else: if you choose to send an email, don't forget to use blind CC folks! Otherwise people are going to freak out at seeing how many people you're emailing to. If you don't know what "blind cc" means, post a comment here and me or someone else will explain it.