• 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.

Hello

kelly has arrived!

hey gang! sorry it took me so long, i had to wait for the admin to activate my account, then i got laid up with a horrible migrane today. but im here now! good to see all of you here!
 
Kellllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy,
Welcome, so good to hear from you, nice you got here no matter how long it took..........
Trish aka Pooh :yesnod:
 
GottaLuvHerps said:
hey gang! sorry it took me so long, i had to wait for the admin to activate my account, then i got laid up with a horrible migrane today. but im here now! good to see all of you here!
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Yeah, sorry about that. Got some clowns on the BOI trying to bypass their ban by using fake registrations and I had to stand guard at the gate for a while. Also, if any of you are using Comcast, please note that they have blocked the entire network my server is on for some reason. So you won't be getting any sort of email notices from this site until I can figure out a workaround.

And people wonder why I have gone insane over the years......... :notallthe

And for the record, you all SHOULD be able to use the font enhancement features here.....
 
You're not insane Rich....just a little off. :D
 
You have NO idea how attractive a nice padded cell seems to me these days...... :rofl:
 
WebSlave said:
Yeah, sorry about that. Got some clowns on the BOI trying to bypass their ban by using fake registrations and I had to stand guard at the gate for a while.
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geesh rich! invite us over then actually do something ELSE? how dare you! and for the BOI none the less? lol

thanks for the invite though, im glad to be here!

kelly
 
I am so glad everyone is finding their way over here.
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Stalking You Guys

No really.....I'm not a stalker.......but you guys have helped me so much......so I followed you over here!!!!!

Barb :shrug01:
 
Well I also came becaue I know others from "you know where" were migrating over here and I did not want to loose my friends and family, I still go there too, but at least can keep up with everyone this way. This one is not as easy as the other one, but hey I will learn my way around, the only thing I hate is all the emails I get, when anyone leaves a reply to anything I have replied to, or when I leave a reply etc........you get emails for everthing on here, rofl..............boy my box fills up fast. Wonder if you can turn that off and only recieve emails when someone is talking to you, or replying to you? Anyone know........
Trish aka Pooh
 
Oh boy ...lol...This is gonna be interesting to see who all comes over here
 
wyland2222 said:
Well I also came becaue I know others from "you know where" were migrating over here and I did not want to loose my friends and family, I still go there too, but at least can keep up with everyone this way. This one is not as easy as the other one, but hey I will learn my way around, the only thing I hate is all the emails I get, when anyone leaves a reply to anything I have replied to, or when I leave a reply etc........you get emails for everthing on here, rofl..............boy my box fills up fast. Wonder if you can turn that off and only recieve emails when someone is talking to you, or replying to you? Anyone know........
Trish aka Pooh
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Hey Trish,

I think when they send you the email there is an option to unsubscribe to the thread so you don't keep getting emails...I'm, gonna go look and make sure...

Jamie :)
 
Okay Trish, I just checked, and when you get an email, scroll all the way down to the bottom. There is a link to click on if you wish to unsubscribe.

Jamie
 
What's Up Sean,
I have been chasing you across the net. Glad you decided to rest a bit, I was getting tired. LOL!!!!
 
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