• 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.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

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    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Prohibited sales on FaceBook

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Not that I follow anything on FaceBook, but just saw this in passing...

Commerce Policy

Items, products or services sold on Facebook must comply with our Community Standards as well as the Commerce Policies. Sale of the following is prohibited on Facebook:
  1. Illegal, prescription or recreational drugs;
  2. Tobacco items and related paraphernalia;
  3. Unsafe supplements;
  4. Weapons, ammunition or explosives;
  5. Animals;
  6. Adult items or services;
  7. Alcohol;
  8. Adult health items;
  9. Real money gambling services;
  10. Goods, items or posts that we determine may be or are fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or offensive;
  11. Items or products with overtly sexualized positioning;
  12. Non-physical items are prohibited on Facebook Marketplace, including but not limited to services, subscriptions, digital products, or rentals.
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Source: https://www.facebook.com/policies/commerce?hc_location=ufi
 
Animals... What the What??? Suppose it gives them an out to delete any site they don't like and turn a blind eye to the other hundreds out there:ballkick:
 
I would imagine that they will handle this on a reactive manner, rather than proactive.
 
That list eliminates probably 80% of my online shopping, lol. Good thing I've never used Facebook for buying... and I'm even more glad that I've eliminated the site from my routine (I access it once or twice a month to check on friends)
 
Pretty much everything but kitty photo's are illegal on fb, lol. Very selective on enforcement.
 
Insomniac101 said:
So now Craigslist is going to get worse, if that's even possible. I think I'm at my flagging limit for the day!

Kathy
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I got flagged for selling lab rat cages once on craigslist because it's "cruel"
 
Craigslist Rocks!
It is perfect for talking to nut jobs, time wasters, no shows and every other dicey form of human life. Enough about me though...
 
JColt said:
I got flagged for selling lab rat cages once on craigslist because it's "cruel"
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I don't bother those folks, but I do flag the 4-week-old puppies, $500 puppies, and animals that appear unhealthy.

I don't like Facebook, and only log in once in awhile to see what distant family members are up to. If they're no longer allowing animal sales, those people are going to turn to another free source to try moving animals.

Kathy
 
So far the policy seems to be limited to ads in the "Marketplace", which I found rather useless. Ads in the different groups are left alone.
 
bcr229 said:
Ads in the different groups are left alone.
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The local "yard sale" groups are basically the only reason I bother with FB at all. Pretty much all of the admins of the groups I frequent have updated their rules to prohibit animal sales. The way people have reacted to the rule, I'd assumed it was applicable site-wide.
 
I would imagine it won't effect the advertising of animals, then people will just take the actual sale to PM. Most people already do it tho way already anyway. It will only effect the few people who actually take payment through Facebook, which I have never done.

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Things Facebook has flagged and banned me for:
Calendars
Artwork
A '69 mustang
A 4 tier bird cage rack
A 12 tub rack
Fish tanks
Dog kennels
IPhones
Skulls and bones

Things Facebook has not flagged/banned me for
Dragons
Geckos
Snakes
Birds
Fish
Worms
Roaches
Rats
Mice
Even a dog (the poor dude was dumped on us and he's just not the right fit for our family)

Things I see posted every day (with full descriptions)
Prescriptions
Weed
LSD
Guns
BYB puppies
Flea ridden mange-y kittens

Facebook should really get their post screening priorities straight
 
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