• 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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  • WebSlave
    Please contact the moderator who has been banning you and make a request to send him proof of your claim about "SP" being your real first name. Generally an image of your driver's license will suffice.
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    Hello, I was instructed to contact you about my name. My full league name is SP Davis, Jr. ...the SP isn’t shirt for anything, that is my full first name. I keep getting banned for infractions of my name, but SP Davis, Jr. is my full league name.
    WebSlave
    Please take this to private message. We can't do this via this page.

    And I will need to know what other account name you are talking about to merge with this one.
    K
    I need to merge accounts Kmstoltz is current.
    I no longer have access to my yahoo account that I was using. Another member said to contact you
    WebSlave
    You can't. Give me a list of them and I'll take a look at them and see what I can figure out.
    WebSlave
    Sorry, but no. Postings in the Board of Inquiry are not deleted frivolously.

    You need to comply with the rule here which requires your real FULL NAME in your profile. You can send that to me either here or as a private message.

    Sorry, but IDENTITY is a big thing on this site.
    E
    Hello, aooarantly i have broken rules by having two accounts. I cant get into my englishaussie acc so opened a new one months ago, but now its a problem. What can be done?
    thanks
    Andy
    WebSlave
    As long as you are logged in, there is no reason I can see why you shouldn't be able to search and post new threads. At least nothing related to this side. Nothing has changed that I am aware of concerning permissions or accessibility.

    If you still have problems, possibly the cookie on your device is corrupted and needs to be deleted and renewed when you refresh your browser screen.
    Vinman
    Rich for some reason everyone I search on the BOI I cant find
    It also say I cant post new threads . Is something wrong Why can't I get on the BOI
    WebSlave
    Not necessarily. It just means that he or she has violated one or more rules of this site that caused the ban. Normally this has something to do with identity, so I would exercise due caution with your proposed transaction.
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