• 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.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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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.

debroahbroadus banned?

Lemme know when this is happening!!

I'll bring a van full of WNY-ers to the party!!!
 
Chrisw said:
LMFAO :rolleyes:

If you dont understand, dont worry about it.
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Steve, ignore Chris's attempt to act clever.:ack2:
Chris doesn't understand that like some of my family that I can't break of the habit of calling me "Debbie" (sigh)...sometimes I let it go when I know the intention is not to belittle or disrespect.

Others that know my name preference show respect by calling me by my given name. While others show disrespect by continuing to call me by the hated name after after I have made my preference known.

Harald has never called me anything but DEBORAH, once I made my preference known.:reddevil:

**Chris, I have not told Steve about my preference because most of the time we are talking about my passion... BPs...so, it slips my mind and he hasn't been in chat calling me by that name constantly. Therefore, it's NOT an issue between him and I. You, however, told me that you weren't calling me anything but the name of YOUR choice..now was that very respectful?

Yeah...I'M BACK!:dgrin:
 
deborahbroadus said:
Steve, ignore Chris's attempt to act clever.:ack2:
Chris doesn't understand that like some of my family that I can't break of the habit of calling me "Debbie" (sigh)...sometimes I let it go when I know the intention is not to belittle or disrespect.

Others that know my name preference show respect by calling me by my given name. While others show disrespect by continuing to call me by the hated name after after I have made my preference known.

Harald has never called me anything but DEBORAH, once I made my preference known.:reddevil:

**Chris, I have not told Steve about my preference because most of the time we are talking about my passion... BPs...so, it slips my mind and he hasn't been in chat calling me by that name constantly. Therefore, it's NOT an issue between him and I. You, however, told me that you weren't calling me anything but the name of YOUR choice..now was that very respectful?

Yeah...I'M BACK!:dgrin:
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Its ok Deb, not like many of us care. Just so you know, it was never to belittle you, wtf would make you come up with that?
 
deborahbroadus said:
Steve, ignore Chris's attempt to act clever.:ack2:
Chris doesn't understand that like some of my family that I can't break of the habit of calling me "Debbie" (sigh)...sometimes I let it go when I know the intention is not to belittle or disrespect.

Others that know my name preference show respect by calling me by my given name. While others show disrespect by continuing to call me by the hated name after after I have made my preference known.

Harald has never called me anything but DEBORAH, once I made my preference known.:reddevil:

**Chris, I have not told Steve about my preference because most of the time we are talking about my passion... BPs...so, it slips my mind and he hasn't been in chat calling me by that name constantly. Therefore, it's NOT an issue between him and I. You, however, told me that you weren't calling me anything but the name of YOUR choice..now was that very respectful?

Yeah...I'M BACK!:dgrin:
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LMAO! Welcome back Deborah.

(honestly I always typed Deb, but now I know better :D)
 
Chrisw said:
Its ok Deb, not like many of us care. Just so you know, it was never to belittle you, wtf would make you come up with that?
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Some people are particular about their names.

I can understand that.

My daughter is one of them. Her full name is Katherine, but she's always been called Katey, and that's what she prefers. She gets really annoyed when someone assumes her name is Kathy.

Deborah-now that I know that you have a preference for your full name, I'll use that!! I didn't know that before.
 
rcpreis3 said:
LMAO! Welcome back Deborah.

(honestly I always typed Deb, but now I know better :D)
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No problem! It's the motive behind the use of certain names after a preference was stated that was being addressed and the attitude that came along with it. ;)

I certainly know when someone is simply using a diminutive form of the name because it's "easier" (doesn't mean it doesn't hurt my eyes..just means I don't make a big deal of it). :yesnod:

But I really thank you for the respect. :thumbsup:

BTW: There is actually already a Deb who is a BP breeder...:yesnod:
 
SamanthaJane13 said:
Some people are particular about their names.

I can understand that.

My daughter is one of them. Her full name is Katherine, but she's always been called Katey, and that's what she prefers. She gets really annoyed when someone assumes her name is Kathy.

Deborah-now that I know that you have a preference for your full name, I'll use that!! I didn't know that before.
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My heart-felt thanks!:thumbsup:

Yes, I agree...:iagree: some of us are particular. I know my own boys made their preferences known after they reached a certain age. They no longer wanted to be called by the nicknames that I so lovingly had bestowed on them. They wanted to use their given names..it's a part of growing up.:rofl:

Harald once pointed out that my Business name was DEB's. But it's not a diminutive form of Deborah it was my initials Deborah Elaine Broadus-Muskauski...:)
 
deborahbroadus said:
My heart-felt thanks!:thumbsup:

Yes, I agree...:iagree: some of us are particular. I know my own boys made their preferences known after they reached a certain age. They no longer wanted to be called by the nicknames that I so lovingly had bestowed on them. They wanted to use their given names..it's a part of growing up.:rofl:

Harald once pointed out that my Business name was DEB's. But it's not a diminutive form of Deborah it was my initials Deborah Elaine Broadus-Muskauski...:)
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Funny story.

Katey was about 4 or 5 years old, and and she, my Mom, and I were gong over to Canada via the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, NY.

This was not only right about the time that they started to demand birth certificates for children at the border due to parents absconding to Canada in custody disputes, it was right in the middle of the Barney the Dinosaur rage.

Well, we got to the booth where they ask about citizenship, and they asked about Katey's birth certificate, and we didn't know we had to have it, so they sent us into the immigration office to sort it out.

Katey had been asleep, and she's NEVER been pleasant to deal with when she's abruptly woke up.

The guy in the office asked for all the papers I had for her, and all I had was her medical card, etc.

Now-you would have thought that he would take one look at Katey and realize that she wasn't a happy camper.

He asked her if I was her Mommy. She said yes.

He asked if my Mom was Grandma, and she said no. She always called her Ma, 'cause that's what I called her, and she thought that was her name.

He asked her if her name was Kathy, and she WAILED NO.

He asked what her name was, and she said "My name is BABY BOP!!"

The guy told us to go into Canada, get what we came for, and get the Hell out, and not to come back with out her birth certificate.

While all of this was going on, there were 3 Hispanics waiting to be seen,and they sat through the whole ordeal laughing their asses off.
 
:rofl::rofl::rofl: Kids! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

SamanthaJane13 said:
Funny story.

Katey was about 4 or 5 years old, and and she, my Mom, and I were gong over to Canada via the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, NY.

This was not only right about the time that they started to demand birth certificates for children at the border due to parents absconding to Canada in custody disputes, it was right in the middle of the Barney the Dinosaur rage.

Well, we got to the booth where they ask about citizenship, and they asked about Katey's birth certificate, and we didn't know we had to have it, so they sent us into the immigration office to sort it out.

Katey had been asleep, and she's NEVER been pleasant to deal with when she's abruptly woke up.

The guy in the office asked for all the papers I had for her, and all I had was her medical card, etc.

Now-you would have thought that he would take one look at Katey and realize that she wasn't a happy camper.

He asked her if I was her Mommy. She said yes.

He asked if my Mom was Grandma, and she said no. She always called her Ma, 'cause that's what I called her, and she thought that was her name.

He asked her if her name was Kathy, and she WAILED NO.

He asked what her name was, and she said "My name is BABY BOP!!"

The guy told us to go into Canada, get what we came for, and get the Hell out, and not to come back with out her birth certificate.

While all of this was going on, there were 3 Hispanics waiting to be seen,and they sat through the whole ordeal laughing their asses off.
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