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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.

Venomoid in/near Indiana?

The guy came for advice , not lectures. He knows what he asking . Lighten up a bit. If a question offends you, just don’t answer it. (Sorry Arc)


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FracksSake said:
The guy came for advice , not lectures. He knows what he asking . Lighten up a bit. If a question offends you, just don’t answer it. (Sorry Arc)


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I think authoritarian type attempts to direct conversation to a narrow response will simply cause friction. The OP had her ideas, readers had differing ideas, they should be able to express, just as she expressed hers.

I think the objections to the OP came from her inability to hear the opinions of others (as well as her false accusation).
 
Lucille said:
I think authoritarian type attempts to direct conversation to a narrow response will simply cause friction. The OP had her ideas, readers had differing ideas, they should be able to express, just as she expressed hers.



I think the objections to the OP came from her inability to hear the opinions of others (as well as her false accusation).
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Okay. I’m not arguing one way or another, I just saw a question was asked and it seemed like heat seeking missiles were aimed from the start. No biggie.



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I think you are being a bit naive. Venomoids are a hot button topic, and feelings run high. If the OP's only purpose was to get information, she would have simply picked out the informative replies and gone her way. But she did not. She was forceful and nasty while addressing some of the replies when she did not need to address them at all.
Here was her first post:
Arctophile117 said:
I was hoping anyone could refer me to a vet who does the venomoid operation in or near Indiana. Thank you in advance.
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Let's change it up to a different hot button topic, what if, instead of a reptile forum, someone had posted on a forum devoted to people "I was hoping anyone could refer me to a doctor who does abortions in or near Indiana."

No rational person would expect readers to keep their opinion to themselves and only post if they had such a referral.
 
Okay, I’m dropping it. I understand the concern, I do.


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Offered my experience with venomoids to be helpful on the subject, childish OP resorted to calling names & having a hissyfit. He or she won't be missed.
 
hotlips said:
Offered my experience with venomoids to be helpful on the subject, childish OP resorted to calling names & having a hissyfit. He or she won't be missed.
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You’re right . I reread it and see I missed a page. My apologies ... I’m not being sarcastic . :)


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FracksSake said:
You’re right . I reread it and see I missed a page. My apologies ... I’m not being sarcastic . :)
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I don't think you need to apologise, I think you made a very valid and reasonable point. The OP did not come here for a discussion on the rights and wrongs of the venemoid treatment, she came to ask about vets who might conduct the operation, and at first she was met quite reasonably, even though this is a process many people would not recommend.

Unfortunately this is a very emotive issue, and it was somewhat naive to think that there would not be a heated response somewhere along the line. If she had risen above that, ignored the hotheaded comments and continued with the more reasonable aspects of the discussion instead of getting defensive, or even just stopped responding, this would have faded away. Instead she resorted to name calling and obviously sent some reprehensible private messages we aren't party to, resulting in her ban from the site.
 
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