• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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.

Info A note about posting anonymous third party quotes

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One of my mods asked me about an official policy concerning posting links to posts or threads on other sites referencing "evidence" concerning a person or business that is the topic of a thread here on the BOI. I figured I should post my reply here for reference...

Actually, this is a good point that I have never addressed before.

If someone is providing a link to a post or thread that is on another site, and the author there has no method of being identified as a real person (via personal name or business name), then would that constitute an anonymous third party quote?

My gut feeling is that if an identified source of all statements made is a requirement for posting on the BOI, then using links to anonymous posts made on another site are not acceptable fare on the BOI. I doubt that most sites have this same requirement, so someone could simply post anonymous bogus claims on another site under an assumed handle, and then simply post a link to it within the BOI.

So, I think I answered your question.... :shrug01:
 
I have a friend who knows a guy who told me "Rich doesn't really mind anonymous third party quotes".

Sorry, Rich....I tried to resist, but couldn't. That's actually very good to know.
 
Mike You are just too bad.. I needed that laugh today
 
Great info.. glad I read this before posting lol.
 
With all due respect, Saskia - your post is irrelevant and disruptive in this thread. Most people looking won't have a clue what you are talking about...especially in a month or two.

This is about the site's stance on linking other sites as evidence on the BOI... sites which, in most cases, do not conform to the full name requirements of the BOI. It is not about any particular BOI thread; nor should it be utilized for that purpose.

If you have questions about site policy, feel free to ask them in the Fauna Feedback Forum.
 
I honestly thought she was just cracking a joke. What, no humor allowed? (Serious question.) And I had a rather heated discussion with a mod over this very issue (anonymous website claims and such) because me being not very internet savvy, didn't know how the sam hill to know if something is anonymous or not. And the way one person on here responded to me at first made it seem as if I need to be a freakin' politician or something just to get some info about something, and no, I'm not going to hassle with going back and getting all involved in it when I'm just stating the point.

I understand you guys have a lot of frustrations, but seriously, this is the Internet. The way you respond so harshly really makes a lot of people wonder than much else (I'm referring to people who aren't in your gallge of followers). The only thing that I'm sure many put up so well with it for is the sell ads, which I MUST say, you really rooted out a lot of crap that people were tossing out. But the way I've seen some of you just snap at people on here can really be obnoxious. Take it as constructive criticism or just take offense and ban me again.
 
Let me clarify my previous post (about the humor). Anyone who just rides a forum might know what she is talking about. But most anyone I know who visits this site is merely looking for a particular lizard, and only look at this stuff to try and see who may be someone to stay away from - and don't even know wtf a BOI even is. I didn't until I finally got bored enough tonight to look. Heck, I probably am posting all this in the wrong thread, and really don't even care because YOU can put it there, I just figured I'd try and explain something about how you appear to probably the rest of the human pop who might be here only to see what the site is. At any rate, happy day to ya, sir.
 
nakabaka said:
Let me clarify my previous post (about the humor). Anyone who just rides a forum might know what she is talking about. But most anyone I know who visits this site is merely looking for a particular lizard, and only look at this stuff to try and see who may be someone to stay away from - and don't even know wtf a BOI even is. I didn't until I finally got bored enough tonight to look. Heck, I probably am posting all this in the wrong thread, and really don't even care because YOU can put it there, I just figured I'd try and explain something about how you appear to probably the rest of the human pop who might be here only to see what the site is. At any rate, happy day to ya, sir.
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Thank you ever so much for pointing out what anyone with a third grade education could have figured out. Just because YOU just took time today, after being a member for quite a while, does not mean everyone is as lazy as you.

Perhaps your criticisms would be better placed in the feedback forum. You may also want to consider how posts like the one above make YOU appear, ie not real smart, not real friendly, not real appreciative of what is here for YOUR benefit.

No one is twisting your arm to make you read or post here.
 
nakabaka said:
Let me clarify my previous post (about the humor). Anyone who just rides a forum might know what she is talking about. But most anyone I know who visits this site is merely looking for a particular lizard, and only look at this stuff to try and see who may be someone to stay away from - and don't even know wtf a BOI even is. I didn't until I finally got bored enough tonight to look. Heck, I probably am posting all this in the wrong thread, and really don't even care because YOU can put it there, I just figured I'd try and explain something about how you appear to probably the rest of the human pop who might be here only to see what the site is. At any rate, happy day to ya, sir.
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Ah, I guess you are still stinging from being banned because of your attitude and need to lash out at management because of it... :rolleyes:

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=372155

So if you don't like this site, then begone already. I'm sure there are other sites out there more worthy of your presence.
 
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