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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.

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Can someone with knowledge of how the feedback system works take a moment to explain to me why I can receive negative feedback from other members but cannot leave negative feedback in return? All I seem to have available to me in terms of options to leave feedback is "especially good post". Why would this be?

Thanks so much in advance.
 
I would think you could since you have a positive rep. I only know that when in the red you aren't supposed to be able to hand out karma.
 
One has to be at the "Contributor" level, or higher, in order to leave negative feedback, Chuck. You can see what the various membership levels can do here
 
Thanks so much for taking the time Harald. I wasn't aware of the perk changes. Guess I'll wait till I'm done moving down to Florida to change my membership level and settle some scores. ;)
 
romad119 said:
I would think you could since you have a positive rep. I only know that when in the red you aren't supposed to be able to hand out karma.
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When one is in the red (negative reputation/karma), karma can still be handed out...it just doesn't impact the receiver's number. It will appear as grey, in their Latest Karma Received column
 
critical bill said:
Thanks so much for taking the time Harald. I wasn't aware of the perk changes. Guess I'll wait till I'm done moving down to Florida to change my membership level and settle some scores. ;)
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Critical Bill is moving down here to be with me, Crutchfield, the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and everyone else? It's party time! :laugh:
 
critical bill said:
Thanks so much for taking the time Harald. I wasn't aware of the perk changes. Guess I'll wait till I'm done moving down to Florida to change my membership level and settle some scores. ;)
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Leaving us, Bill? Leaving all the not-so-cool PA people, eh?

Can't say I can blame you when it comes to Flordia ;)
 
CurtisF said:
Leaving us, Bill? Leaving all the not-so-cool PA people, eh?

Can't say I can blame you when it comes to Flordia ;)
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You cant shovel heat Curtis. I am done with the snow. :)

In my time here as a PA transplant, I have found Pennsylvanians to be among the best folk I have ever had the pleasure of eating....errrrr....I meant meeting. You could drive down any road in my area and not know a single soul and the local folks out tending to the yard will stop and wave hello. Thats normally when I tend to steer my vehicle straight at them and watch them run! Heh heh...just kidding. Great folks! Its simply amazing. A great state to live and raise a family in.

But whats this Flordia place your talking about? Is it near Florida? Heh...just kidding again. A parting joke from one Penny nut to another. ;)
 
brucestephenson said:
Critical Bill is moving down here to be with me, Crutchfield, the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and everyone else? It's party time! :laugh:
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Party time? Is Tommy going to shave his arms for this function? YOU FAG LOVING ASS MONKEY!

I'm 41 and I don't party anymore Bruce. At least not with fags! I have a wife and children. I didn't abandon mine like Tommy did on the run and I'm not as ugly as you that I couldn't marry my own mongoloid sister if I had one. But you and Tommy go on without me and party hearty. Make sure Tom wears a condom, I'd hate to see you catch anything deadly. He's been to prison ya know.

And Bruce, step it up a notch, go for Heineken Light Beer instead of the normal wine coolers you two fairies normally get down with.

Jesus Christ, thank God the house I bought has 24 hour private security and an alarm system.
 
critical bill said:
You cant shovel heat Curtis. I am done with the snow. :)

In my time here as a PA transplant, I have found Pennsylvanians to be among the best folk I have ever had the pleasure of eating....errrrr....I meant meeting. You could drive down any road in my area and not know a single soul and the local folks out tending to the yard will stop and wave hello. Thats normally when I tend to steer my vehicle straight at them and watch them run! Heh heh...just kidding. Great folks! Its simply amazing. A great state to live and raise a family in.

But whats this Flordia place your talking about? Is it near Florida? Heh...just kidding again. A parting joke from one Penny nut to another. ;)
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I'd miss the Amish food, but that's about all I can think of at the moment. Maybe more will pop up when I get outta here. Nice people though, I can admit, outside of the local wal-mart. I'll take a nice house in Georgia/South Carolina region, though, thanks. I just recently saw a nice condo on TV at the Carolina beach. Want to forward me 750,000? :D

Shoveling snow is good for a few extra bucks. Or was. Damn snowblowers. All the old people around here stepped up in technology and I've gone bankrupt.

Edit: I forgot one thing. You know, know, -know- you will miss Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
 
CurtisF said:
Edit: I forgot one thing. You know, know, -know- you will miss Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
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Heh heh......the things I love about PA.

Did you know there is actually a town in Newfoundland called Dildo? Yep, look it up. No joke. Dildo, Newfoundland. I've always wondered just how BIG Dildo is. Do they call themselves Dildoians? Does Bruce and Tom vacation in Dildo? These are the questions that will forever plague me.

Anyway, I'm sorry that I don't have $750,000.00 to lend you, but I'd be happy to let you vacation at my place under my PA refugee program that I'll soon be establishing. Will you collect anoles for food? Its part of my criteria for acceptance.
 
critical bill said:
Heh heh......the things I love about PA.

Did you know there is actually a town in Newfoundland called Dildo? Yep, look it up. No joke. Dildo, Newfoundland. I've always wondered just how BIG Dildo is. Do they call themselves Dildoians? Does Bruce and Tom vacation in Dildo? These are the questions that will forever plague me.

Anyway, I'm sorry that I don't have $750,000.00 to lend you, but I'd be happy to let you vacation at my place under my PA refugee program that I'll soon be establishing. Will you collect anoles for food? Its part of my criteria for acceptance.
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I never liked anoles anyway.
 
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