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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

2016 Presidential Election

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(This post comes from Herps Alive! The Interactive Reptile and Amphibian Experience, not the Herps Alive Foundation in case the IRS is watching): Reptile Nation - John Kasich is dangerous to our community. Despite his alleged pro-business stance, he put dozens of animal-related businesses out of business after being bought and paid for by The Humane Society of the United States. He would further address their extremist agenda as President. He may also be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of animals n the state of Ohio. We MUST stand strong against his candidacy. ‪#‎AnybodybutKasich2016
 
I don't even like his being the governor of Ohio.
Sure do not want John Kasich to be president.:ack2:
This is not only due to his involvement in, attempt/s at, and further damage potential in, hurting our reptile/exotics ownership/businesses (although it is enough of a reason ;) ).
This is not a man who is "for the people".
 
You people need to keep in mind how the ohio issues came to pass....yes kasich is a threat but how did sb 310 pass...it passed with the support of the reptile industry....both usark and pijac went into ohio and said they supported regulating reptiles....Brian potter of narbc gave pijac 30000 to hire the lobbyist and along with John mack of reptiles by mack as the ohio voice of the reptile industry sat down with kasich and pushed for and supported regulating reptiles.....both hsus and pijac claimed sb310 to be a great victory....since brain potter and narbc have quit raising money for pijac at their auctions....but it's a little to late. The damage was done....hsus liked sb310 so that the are now pushing it as a model for federal regulations. ....and now the guy that put sb310 into law in ohio could be the next president....so be sure to thank brian potter Bob Ashley narbc and the rest of the gang for all their hard work at destroying our rights
 
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