• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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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...and it's awul nice to see some familiar faces still around here. :)

So, I know I have been MIA for quite some time now...I'm not going to ramble on about everything, but in a short summation - between a nasty split from my now ex, moving from the country life to town living, and everything that goes with all of that...I lost touch with a lot of the people and critters that meant a lot to me. End of sob story, lol.

Back on my (OWN two) feet again, and with a little gentle nudging from my dear friend and all around wonderful lady Tere Salazar, I have decided that's it's about dang time that I reconnect with some of those people and things. So if y'all don't mind, I think I will park myself on the recliner in the corner of the room here, grab a beverage, and just hang out for awhile.
 
Welcome back. I hope you have at least some of your critters still, if not we'll find some for you somehow.
Exes are best put behind you, waaay behind.
 
Thanks, guys. :D

As far as my critters...I have ONE Beardie, Quincy...had two up til recently, but I just recently lost my Cali girl. She was ten. That's all I have left for herps, but since I still have racks and Boaphile cages stored in my garage...one never knows.

I do still have some of my furry critters - two of which I had when I was here before and are getting up there in years. I lost my 17 year old rat terrier, Molly, this past fall...but I now have a big ol moose of a German Shepherd that has joined my clan. Two cats, DC and Bob. Of course, moving into town meant losing my horses and such, but I have adapted.

And the ex couldn't be further behind, believe me. ;)
 
Thanks guys! Funny how sometimes you kinda forget how much you miss folks til you see em again...it's sure good to see yas again. :eek:
 
Thanks, Lilly. :) It's good to see you are still around, looks like you have done well! Maybe you can help me out some now...with my absence, I seem to have fallen behind on learning about some of the new and awesome morphs out there...I almost feel like a "newbie" all over again, lol.
 
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