• 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.

Chat is dead?

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Anyone still using the chat room?

I'm in a kind of "use it, or lose it" mood lately.......
 
chat

Yeah some of us do use it its not a highway by anymeans but does get some use ... but if you want to axe it lol its yours to axe
 
No, I'm thinking more on the line of dropping the exclusive use of HerpChat.com to users of FaunaClassifieds. Doesn't appear to be that much of a perk to registered members, so I will just open it up to public access through the domain name portal.

I would just like to think my work was being used, so I guess I don't need to be concerned with who exactly uses it. I've already paid for the software, so it doesn't cost me anything more to just throw the doors open.
 
i haven't been online at all the last few monthes, with moving and all. but i have always enjoyed the chat rooms here and will hopefully continue to use them.
 
Has the "ChatMeister" abandoned his post?
 
Chat is alive in everyone of us. On the face of every child....

Abandoned my post? Moi??

Well, ok, I admit it doesn't look good. Actually, I thought I'd gotten the ball rolling but it appears as though it's not kept up it's momentum if the last week has anything to say about it.

The scheduled chats were put on hold because the amount of participants did not really warrant the work put into organizing them. I couldn't guarantee a good turn-out and some guests would not commit to a chat if there was a chance less than 5 people would be present.

I, myself, have been staying busy for the past little while. Real life kind of just crept up on me.

If no one minds I'll give it until the end of the holidays before getting back into chatmeistering again.

In the meanwhile, I urge everyone to use the chat room! If you go in and find yourself alone, wait a few minutes and someone else should be along shortly. If you just keep popping in and out you'll miss everyone else doing the same thing. It only takes one or two people in there for others to stick around and then, all of a sudden, you've got a conversation going on!

If you don't feel like sitting there and staring at an empty room go to your settings and checkmark the sound for when people enter or leave the room. While you surf around in another window you'll hear when someone comes into the room.

I'll work on coming in, myself, and keeping folks around with my sparkling personality. Come in and say hi!

btw, Alan, the post I am at is EMT and FireFighter training. :)
 
Thanks, Steven. I was beginning to worry about you. The other regulars said you had become irregular...... LOL!
 
new member

Ive just registered as a member are things really that bleak at this chat room
 
niki:

Webslave gave us the chatrooms to play with some time ago and it seemed to be improving, visitor-wise, but has calmed down significantly.

But if you feel like chatting, feel free to go into the chatroom and sit there for a few minutes and I'm sure someone will come along for you to chat with. If you stay long enough, you'll have a roomfull in no time at all. :)

To get to the chat rooms, click on "CHAT" in the menu on top of the Fauna Classifieds pages (in the "Inside FaunaClassifieds" menu)

There's some weird wacko guy, though, that you have to watch out for. He sits there alone most of the time and then starts talking mumbo-jumbo whenever people come in. I think his name is "real venom" or "real venim" or something like that.

Just kidding Al! :D
 
I was wondering if the chat was goona pick up.And boy it did lastnight..lol..

There was a room full lastnight just about all the regulars showed up.And we had a blast.I was just about to give up on the chat I like going in there and chatting with everyone breaks up the same ole same ole routin.It does seem that most folks are going into the room alot later at night now than we used to.But ole well as long as someone is there to chat with it is a nice place to go and relax!!!

Thanks Webslave for the chatroom!!!!!!
 
I hope the chat isn't dead. I have been so busy that I haven't been in there for over a month but I always enjoyed it. Hope it stays.
 
As long as you guys use it, it will stay up.

Heck I bend over backwards to try to make this site what you all want. But nothing is worse than spending a lot of time, effort and money on something and not see if being used. Sorta puts a damper on my enthusiasm to do anything else new around here.
 
been in..been out...been in...etc

~I have little time to myself anymore, but I do check in the chat now and then, at different times, to see if anyone is around.


:( no one ever is.

~ok,i'm gonna try again......


jude
 
Well, I guess my current Chat-Meister has been busy with things, so I will have to let him off the hook.

I need someone willing to help out and get the ball rolling again on the chat board. Schedule chats with people, and generally be an anchor so people will have a reason to go there. I don't know why it dropped off, but unless it picks up, I will just disconnect it from FaunaClassifieds and hook it to another one of my websites to see if it gets better usage there.

Any takers?
 
I may have something in the works as we speak, I will know within a week if it will fly.
 
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