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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.

Wanted Western diamond back

Jesus Christ….two pages of a goddamn b*tch fest about “who has experience”, who doesn’t, “who’s gonna get tagged”, who isn’t…..who gives a shit! People get “tagged” going on walks and hikes into the mountains!

These are grown ass men (or women) making their own decisions….find something else to concern yourselves with! No wonder people are getting so sick and tired of this hobby and leaving it. This “social media age” has EVERYBODY thinking they’re a goddamn expert on everything 🙄

STFU!
 
calv83 said:
So again, you're saying we should prioritize the stroking of people's egos, and letting the taxpayers foot the bill for their negligence? You didn't actually answer my questions. Maybe start with that before you try to call me out for "assumptions and harassment."

Recommending that an obviously inexperienced person get experience before buying a deadly animal is a suggestion. It is not harrassment. Neither is pointing out faulty logic, like 'I'm a brand new keeper who has never been tagged, therefore the statistics are wrong.' Part of being a responsible member of the venomous community involves calling out blatant ignorance and inexperience. If that bothers you - well I frankly don't give a flying fuck.

Anyone asking for a payment plan on one of the cheapest animals in the hobby clearly has no experience, so I wasn't assuming. It's pretty easy to spot a complete noob. And fyi - he just told you that this would only be his 2nd hot, and the OP is his gf (who has no experience at all) helping him get one. So keep crying about my "assumptions and harassment." Dude just told you I was spot on, and he also admitted to being a liar. A few posts ago he had 6 hots. Now he supposedly has (or had) 1, and is looking for a 2nd. My bet is he's lying about that, too - because he knows no one is going to sell him one with no experience.

Before you respond - remember to answer my initial questions before you start in on the shit talk. The ones you conveniently ignored the last time I asked them. If you're not going to answer those 2 questions, then don't even waste your time responding. 😉
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So what you're saying is that we should prioritize people's egos... And when those people end up in the hospital due to their own negligence - we should pass the bill on to the tax payers? Am I understanding that correctly?

and no i agree we should honestly not stroke peoples egos but right now feels like we are stroking yours just saying, BUTTTTTT anywhoooo i do think that it shouldnt be other peoples fault and that yes there should be more experiance involved but i also dont think you have my number therefor you dont know me well enough to have an issue with me or my gf, my gf is only trying to help me finaiaclly and your just being an ass lol

And fyi - he just told you that this would only be his 2nd hot, and the OP is his gf (who has no experience at all) helping him get one. So keep crying about my "assumptions and harassment." Dude just told you I was spot on, and he also admitted to being a liar. A few posts ago he had 6 hots. Now he supposedly has (or had) 1, and is looking for a 2nd. My bet is he's lying about that, too,

if you read you can see i neverrrrr said i have 6 hots that was chrisx1975 who said that! I have a copper and hopefully now a eastern diamondback already texting people for the rattler just paid today. so no not lying why are you still even responding if you dont care so much? obvs bothered a lil bit, how do you know i dont have years of experiance with snakes or even venomous snake? and shes not getting the snake its so she can buy it for me lol
 
grw80 said:
Jesus Christ….two pages of a goddamn b*tch fest about “who has experience”, who doesn’t, “who’s gonna get tagged”, who isn’t…..who gives a shit! People get “tagged” going on walks and hikes into the mountains!

These are grown ass men (or women) making their own decisions….find something else to concern yourselves with! No wonder people are getting so sick and tired of this hobby and leaving it. This “social media age” has EVERYBODY thinking they’re a goddamn expert on everything 🙄

STFU!
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😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

I agree. It's almost as bad as people who jump in the middle of a conversation that doesn't involve them - just so they can complain about the conversation.

No one is forcing you to read anything. You do realize that, right? And the whole point of a message board is for people to communicate with each other. Sometimes people disagree. So how about you follow your own advice, and "STFU!"

Just a thought. 🤷‍♂️
 
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SymbaCat said:
So what you're saying is that we should prioritize people's egos... And when those people end up in the hospital due to their own negligence - we should pass the bill on to the tax payers? Am I understanding that correctly?

and no i agree we should honestly not stroke peoples egos but right now feels like we are stroking yours just saying, BUTTTTTT anywhoooo i do think that it shouldnt be other peoples fault and that yes there should be more experiance involved but i also dont think you have my number therefor you dont know me well enough to have an issue with me or my gf, my gf is only trying to help me finaiaclly and your just being an ass lol

And fyi - he just told you that this would only be his 2nd hot, and the OP is his gf (who has no experience at all) helping him get one. So keep crying about my "assumptions and harassment." Dude just told you I was spot on, and he also admitted to being a liar. A few posts ago he had 6 hots. Now he supposedly has (or had) 1, and is looking for a 2nd. My bet is he's lying about that, too,

if you read you can see i neverrrrr said i have 6 hots that was chrisx1975 who said that! I have a copper and hopefully now a eastern diamondback already texting people for the rattler just paid today. so no not lying why are you still even responding if you dont care so much? obvs bothered a lil bit, how do you know i dont have years of experiance with snakes or even venomous snake? and shes not getting the snake its so she can buy it for me lol
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My mistake about the 6 hots. And the reason I keep responding to you is because you keep asking me questions. Seems kind of strange to ask someone a bunch of questions, then get pissy when he answers them. This could have ended with "you should probably get some more experience first" -- but instead you kept asking me things. Was I not supposed to respond? Is that it, I'm the asshole for giving honest answers to your questions?

I recommended having good insurance and proper protocols for the same reason I would tell someone to keep a fire extinguisher in their kitchen. No one plans on having a fire, but if one does happen - at least you're prepared. I don't have to care about you personally to point out that having good insurance and proper protocols is a good idea if you keep venomous animals.

Want me to stop? Then quit askin me shit, lol. You coulda done that from the get go dude.
 
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calv83 said:
My mistake about the 6 hots. And the reason I keep responding to you is because you keep asking me questions. Seems kind of strange to ask someone a bunch of questions, then get pissy when he answers them. This could have ended with "you should probably get some more experience first" -- but instead you kept asking me things. Was I not supposed to respond? Is that it, I'm the asshole for giving honest answers to your questions?

I recommended having good insurance and proper protocols for the same reason I would tell someone to keep a fire extinguisher in their kitchen. No one plans on having a fire, but if one does happen - at least you're prepared. I don't have to care about you personally to point out that having good insurance and proper protocols is a good idea if you keep venomous animals.

Want me to stop? Then quit askin me shit, lol. You coulda done that from the get go dude.
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lol idk ive been enjoying our time together lol
 
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