• 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.

Robin?

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Yesterday someone wrote and pointed out that the auction times were not all in the same time frame, I then posted so people would be aware and adjust their bids accordingly. You gave me negative rep points for that thread last night and wrote the following:

Auction time reminder 06-24-2005 09:05 PM robin s. sua conah velhah, ehs patehticah... a tentar rcber atenxao d otra pexoa k perdeu alguém... dvias era ter colhoes e tirar a bocah du cuh do responxahvel do site

I would appreciate a translation so that I might improve services to the auction site.
 
why post that question here and not in the general bs forum? is it because this is your little piece of the world LOL
anywho here is the translation which has already been sent to rich so you dont have to tattle anymore:
"its rather sad you have no idea what time zone you are in especially considering you are a moderator of this site."
 
What language is that, Robin?
 
Too bad there isn't a Portuguese spell check for Robin. :p
 
btw there are two main forms of portuguese brazilian and portual portuguese and many dialects so it's not going to translate through any translator.. they dont work very well
 
jim that is correct portuguese but portuguese doesnt translate very well into english at all
 
robin s. said:
btw there are two main forms of portuguese brazilian and portual portuguese and many dialects so it's not going to translate through any translator.. they dont work very well
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It *looked* like it was Portuguese to me but I tried a couple of trnaslators and could not get them to work. I got about 60% of it from my Spanish and English.
 
For the record...

I was the person who asked Lucille about the auctions and time zones. I felt that since she was in charge of that sub-forum, that I would just pose my concern and leave it up to her to decide how to handle it. My motive was merely an attempt to prevent any confusion that could result from the fact that originally the Fauna fund was governed by the Central time zone. Since there are auctions that denote other time zones, I thought it wouldn't hurt just to clarify things a little.

I really don't feel that anyone who participates in the auctions should receive negative feedback. However, if the idea warrants negative points, send them my way too, since it was my idea in the first place. ...BUT, considering the good intentions behind the auctions right now, don't expect any number of negative points to keep me from helping in every way that I can. As a grown up, I am able to see through to the more important facets of life.
 
robin s. said:
anywho here is the translation which has already been sent to rich so you dont have to tattle anymore:
"its rather sad you have no idea what time zone you are in especially considering you are a moderator of this site."
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Yeah. I ran this through InterTran and here's what that translator came up with:

your conah old woman ehs patehticah. the one allure rcber Athens d otra pexoa k has lost somebody. dvias period of time ter I reap AND abstract the one bazoo du cuh from the responxahvel from the SiteMill
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Not very satisfying, but it doesn't look real close at all to what Robin is saying her INTENT of that quote was to reflect. Certainly I can see the word "pathetic" in there which doesn't seem to come out in the translation. My advice, Robin, is to stick to English. Perhaps your practicing Portuguese would be better suited to a Portuguese site.

BTW Robin, the spell check on this site does NOT work for Portuguese, so please bear that in mind.

And for the record, here's the post that Robin S. assessed Lucille negative warning points for as being a "particularly bad post":
Originally Posted by lucille
Never been in Tulsa....
In your user CP you can set the time for your zone, and then compare to Texas, CST. Right now here in the Lone Star State it is 6:42PM...and EXTREMELY HOT, just got done using the weedwacker outside.
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Yeah, man. Time zone discussions and issues really bug me something fierce as well, so no wonder Robin got upset about that post. :rolleyes:

I don't know, do you all think my giving Robin warning points for Reputation System Abuse was out of line? Was I too hasty?
 
i have two other translators if you would like ... each one gives you something totally different
 
so do I Robin, and with a little creativity I was able to pick through some of it. :p

ehs, era, sua = conjugations of the verb ser (to be) en español

bocah = boca (mouth) en español

otra = otra (other) en español

responxahvel do site ~ responsible for the site (that was close)

patehticah = patético en español = pathetic (sad)

alguém = alguien en español (someone)

ter = conjugation of the the verb tener (to have) in español

perdeu = perdido en español (lost)

etc... :p

Actually, I used Spanish a great deal to speak with folks from Azores who also speak a somewhat different dialect and it served me well.
 
oh btw i have gotten point from her for much less and did i go and tattle to you? no i just took em... i mean they are points... repuation points...what does that really mean? everyone thinks your are popular or cool or that you know what you are talking bout? i dont know
and i really dont care
 
robin s. said:
oh btw i have gotten point from her for much less and did i go and tattle to you? no i just took em... i mean they are points... repuation points...what does that really mean? everyone thinks your are popular or cool or that you know what you are talking bout? i dont know
and i really dont care
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Good. Guess we settled that.

But gee, why do you assess someone else reputation points, then? Why partake in something that you deem useless and don't care about either way? I mean, why bother? What is YOUR purpose and reason for assessing someone negative reputation points then? You have to make a conscious effort in order to do so, so you MUST have some intention behind doing it, I would think. I would hope that such a reason will be reasonable, logical and fair, rather then capricious, frivolous, and malicious (in some instances). So do tell me, Robin, WHY do you use a system like that and yet claim it means nothing to you?
 
This is not a real thread is it?

I just read through the whole thing and I have come to the conclusion I must be hallucinating.

Serves me right for eating Cherry Garcia ice cream and then looking at fauna. I always thought Ben & Jerry put acid in the mix.
 
i give prorps to people who deserve them for good posts and when i see a nagative one i will point that out as well.... but honestly i do not care about MY points....
ermm lucile you gonna come out and contribute since you brought this up? and i have tried to contact lucille in private on several occations to reseolve this but no reply...
 
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This is not a real thread is it?
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ermm i supose i do not see what the big dealio (deal) is.... i guess someone got upset
wait its just a pigment of your imagination :raspberry
 
robin s. said:
wait its just a pigment of your imagination :raspberry
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Robin it's the acid I tell ya. The acid!!!! Wait it just might be pigment. I have been seeing some really vibrant colors this evening. :crazy03:
 
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