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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.

Vic signs with Eagles!

I'm just glad he's long gone from Atlanta
 
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This is a touchy subject.

The man did his punishment according to OUR LAWS!
 
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Well stated Scott. I thought about this long and hard and he has every right to pursue his living again. However, I will also say that he also deserves every bit of the verbal barrage that is going to be thrown his way. I'm sure he will get over it while looking at his back account, but he's going to have a long hard season ahead (especially on the road).

Please don't construe this as support or sympathy for the man. In actuality I really don't give a rat's ass about the guy - if he got run over by a truck I wouldn't lose sleep - I guess I'm just defending his right to become a productive member of society again after serving his sentence.
 
Kingetula said:
This is a touchy subject.

The man did his punishment according to OUR LAWS!

He also lost 40 Million in endorsements and much more when you look at the whole picture that wasn't given as punishment from our judicial system.

I refuse to jump on this Bandwagon with you at this time. I believe he should get a second chance instead of knocking him to the ground over and over. I don't think what he did was right but I also believe a man who served his time according to our laws should always have a second chance. (murder and rape/child etc.. is another issue) If he continues his behavior however, I'll agree with you.
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I agree. So long as he never owns animals again, and follows within the laws that he should, after doing the time he has, and the amount of money he has lost ( As well as a horrible reputation that will follow him throughout his life) I will not jump on the bandwagon either. Yeah, i dont LIKE that he fought the dogs and such.... but i think that once hes done the time and went through with the punishment.... he should get another chance.
 
Kingetula said:
This is a touchy subject.

The man did his punishment according to OUR LAWS!

He also lost 40 Million in endorsements and much more when you look at the whole picture that wasn't given as punishment from our judicial system.

I refuse to jump on this Bandwagon with you at this time. I believe he should get a second chance instead of knocking him to the ground over and over. I don't think what he did was right but I also believe a man who served his time according to our laws should always have a second chance. (murder and rape/child etc.. is another issue) If he continues his *PAST* behavior however, I'll agree with you.
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* I edited this part to say PAST. I think that word is important and should be put into the sentence.
 
Funny thing about this whole thing is I think he should be given a second chance, but I still think he's a piece of trash. I think he deserves to try to get his life on track, but that doesn't make me happy about it.

HSUS decided to have him speak out against dog fighting:
Michael Vick & HSUS
 
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