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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.

To any clowns that say New York "state !

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Why don't you say Kansas "state"??? On such a small state,why the "upstate"? California is much longer,yet no "upstate" Cali!
 
Errrr.... Isn't it just because it's a city and a state? I think I'd save my frustration for people who say 'I could care less' or 'irregardless'.
 
I think I'd save my frustration for people who say 'I could care less' or 'irregardless'.
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What she said. Or those "sheeple" who begin their sentences with the word "so". Or how about those who use more than one question mark or exclamation mark to try to make a point?
 
This is pretty silly. It's to distinguish the city from the state with the same name. It's like specifying the state you're in when you tell someone "Kansas city".
 
Exactly. Plus, as someone who grew up in Upstate New York, there is a reason the country-folk like to specifically identify themselves as non-city folk. For example, I'm a professional wildlife biologist and if I say I'm from New York, people look at me oddly and are like... how in the world did you get into wildlife biology in the middle of a city?

This is especially true overseas. People in other countries don't hear about New York State, they hear about New York City, so if you say you're from New York, they immediately think you're some mafioso from the city packing a gun, dealing drugs, and prostituting. I kid you not.
 
IMO, a lot of people from New York (state) would like to disassociate themselves from New York (city). There is a huge cultural difference between largely rural upstate New York and metropolitan New York City.
 
snowgyre said:
Exactly. Plus, as someone who grew up in Upstate New York, there is a reason the country-folk like to specifically identify themselves as non-city folk. For example, I'm a professional wildlife biologist and if I say I'm from New York, people look at me oddly and are like... how in the world did you get into wildlife biology in the middle of a city?

This is especially true overseas. People in other countries don't hear about New York State, they hear about New York City, so if you say you're from New York, they immediately think you're some mafioso from the city packing a gun, dealing drugs, and prostituting. I kid you not.
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Exactly.
 
Clown?
Google NYS and NYC.
Further, since you remarked about the size of NY state, perhaps you should consider that the recorded population of NYC in 2014 was 8.4 million...which comprises nearly half of the State's recorded population for that same year (19.75 million).
But, yeah, I say I'm from NYS for the reasons posted above...say NY, and just about everybody not from here thinks NYC
 
Yep, and given that New York City flooded several upstate towns using eminent domain to create reservoirs for drinking water, there's a LOT of bad blood between upstaters and city-goers. That, and NYC is the reason why NYS has the highest taxes of any state, exceeding even California.

Google the song "Ashokan Farewell" and you'll see where I'm coming from.
 
Guy Castro said:
California is much longer,yet no "upstate" Cali!
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SoCal vs NorCal

snowgyre said:
People in other countries don't hear about New York State, they hear about New York City, so if you say you're from New York, they immediately think you're some mafioso from the city packing a gun, dealing drugs, and prostituting. I kid you not.
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haha yup! When overseas, I was asked multiple times 'You're from the US! San Francisco or New York?' as if those are the only places the exist here.
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Haha, yep. I got that a lot in Italy. Actually got mugged in Rome (Italy) and the guy backed off when I started yelling in my best New York accent. The best defense is a great offense sometimes.

In New Zealand everyone thought I was Canadian, partially because they didn't realize there were any smart Americans and my upstate accent is apparently close enough to a Canadian accent there, 'ay?
 
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