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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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How to Calm Down?
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It peeled because it had a dead layer on the top. Kind of like a lizard. My finger will still do that sometimes.
It looks really good. Do you have a picture of the tip? I can try to get a better picture of mine. It looks like the doctors did a good job on the stitching on yours. Mine is a weird shape. lol
Sorry I seem fascinated, but because I am missing my finger, it interests me.
It looks really good. Do you have a picture of the tip? I can try to get a better picture of mine. It looks like the doctors did a good job on the stitching on yours. Mine is a weird shape. lol
Sorry I seem fascinated, but because I am missing my finger, it interests me.
What a wonderful time! *groans* I broke my tib and fib, and tore several ligaments in my ankle. Fabulous.
The photo does look weird, but I don't think it's the angle, I think it's the photoshop. Did you get any photos of your homemade prosthetic to share? Or was that a fib? no, you broke your fib. Sorry to hear that!
That's shopped, and it's not even the good shopped.
It's shooped
It's shooped
I thought something was off...Yep... I can prove that I'm missing the tip of my finger, can you?
Attempting to con people due to some need, for personal thrill/enjoyment, or to receive unwarranted sympathy/attention.
Truly pathetic &/or a sad case.
Truly pathetic &/or a sad case.
Isn't that Munchausen syndrome?
My next door neighbour about 20 years ago lost his index finger working in a factory as a teenager (this would have been back in the 1930s). He put his hand in his pocket, went to the foreman and showed him. Foreman says something like 'best take the rest of the day off' and he was back at work the next day. I remember he used to make up stories to tell my brother and I on how he lost it so we wouldn't do things we weren't supposed to and insisted they were true. Putting his hand in the mixing bowl and sitting down on the escalator were my favourites. Best babysitter ever.
Decent guy there with a genuine injury who never looked for sympathy from anyone. Lilly, I hope you get some professional help.
My next door neighbour about 20 years ago lost his index finger working in a factory as a teenager (this would have been back in the 1930s). He put his hand in his pocket, went to the foreman and showed him. Foreman says something like 'best take the rest of the day off' and he was back at work the next day. I remember he used to make up stories to tell my brother and I on how he lost it so we wouldn't do things we weren't supposed to and insisted they were true. Putting his hand in the mixing bowl and sitting down on the escalator were my favourites. Best babysitter ever.
Decent guy there with a genuine injury who never looked for sympathy from anyone. Lilly, I hope you get some professional help.
If simply looking for unwarranted sympathy/attention, then, yes, that is Munchausen syndrome. That would make this a sad case and a person who needs psychological help.
Just not enough, here, to say that the OP suffers this disorder.
If this person is simply "playing a joke", to see how many people fall for it &/or for some sort of personal thrill, then it is not Munchausen syndrome. It would make this truly pathetic and a "sick" person who either needs to grow up &/or needs psychological help of a whole different type.
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But let's not get too aggressive here, She didn't try to con anyone out of anything, I don't believe there was evil intent, just maybe a need for some attention that got out of hand.
But let's not get too aggressive here, She didn't try to con anyone out of anything, I don't believe there was evil intent, just maybe a need for some attention that got out of hand.
While I agree that she didn't con anyone out of anything, how can anyone take anything she's posted on any forum on this site for truth after this fiasco? I for one, cannot. It negates anything she's said before this, and after...(If she ever decides to post again...)
But let's not get too aggressive here, She didn't try to con anyone out of anything, I don't believe there was evil intent, just maybe a need for some attention that got out of hand.
True! And she's getting it!, lol. She will one day ask herself what she was thinking though. When I was younger I could tell a tale or two myself.
Why do people have to lie about stupid chit? This is ridiculous, and somewhat on the same page as Crissabella & Lena crap... If you lie about stupid crap, then you'd probably have no issue lying about anything else...
Sigh...
Sigh...
I was just knuckle deep digging for gold & feeling bad that this person lost their main picker only to see it's not true. I'm hoping there is an explanation because if if this was just a post for attention then that person is truly missing more then a finger tip.
Brandi went out of her way to share & show support proving even might have a slighter shorter digit she has enough heart to make up for it, Kudos's to you for being awesome!
Brandi went out of her way to share & show support proving even might have a slighter shorter digit she has enough heart to make up for it, Kudos's to you for being awesome!
Okay. I understand that you guys are accusing me, but I don't care. If you don't want to believe me, that's your own problem. I don't control your life, and yes, I have been having a rough time of it. Since I don't control your life, you can do what you want believe what you want. It doesn't affect me.
... You can still see your index finger IN the pic. It wasn't even a GOOD photoshop. Your caught. Why continue to deny it?
Tyler, if you've got a problem with me, you can leave, and obviously, you have several problems yourself. Why don't you deal with them in private without taking them out on someone else?
This is still going? Really? 2 months later you come back trying to say that it's not a doctored picture, and then you spew venom at other people when you can't even tell the truth about something so minimal as a doctored picture?
Ugh...Waste of time and space. (Yet I'm compelled to respond because it's such utter bullcrap.)
Ugh...Waste of time and space. (Yet I'm compelled to respond because it's such utter bullcrap.)