• 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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So whats the deal with people giving negative Karma for not agreeing with their opinion? Or for a comment made in a thread not associated with them at all. Giving someone negative karma for not accepting or agreeing with your opinion is plain childish. And giving me negative karma because you didn't understand or misunderstood my point is foolish aswell. Is their any kind of Checks and Balances or is this Karma system the joke that Im coming to realize it is.

I'm not trying to bash the site, I thourghly enjoy the service it provides the community and is why became a contributing member. Does anyone else have a problem with this? And for reference i did not return the negative karma since I dont feel stooping to that level is nessacry.
 
No clue, I think there is way more of an insentive to give negative Karma than positive. A while back (when I first joined the site) I had a misstep on a genetics question and I got bashed by 3 members with bad Karma. All that because of one post, so I tend to keep my mouth shut unless its a thread I post or if a classified interests me. Also, I have noticed people voicing there opinions and another member is right there waiting to get into a pissing match with them. Its kinda rediculous sometimes.
 
Actually, I believe the comments and the negative karma was received for more or less being rude and telling someone they need to brush up on their genetics when in fact you were in the wrong.

It wasn't a discussion thread but a ad from someone and you thought you would jump in and tell them that they were wrong.
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1216316#post1216316
Secondly, what would be the incentive for giving bad karma? Nobody but you can see who gave it and they don't receive anything in return that is positive for it. Matter of fact, it would only cause hard feelings between people so I don't get why you think it is a incentive.

And by the way, If you are going to jump on someone ads and post a negative you should at least make sure you are accurate. I happen to agree that your post was rude and by the comments left on your karma, that is what others thought as well.


 
Dennis, you are correct, it was rude of me to say what I did, and if I didnt apologize then, I apologize now. I cannot change what I said, but I can learn from it. I am sorry that I disrupted that ad when I did, and I apologize to anyone who I offended and to the seller.
 
jrbannister0726 said:
So whats the deal with people giving negative Karma for not agreeing with their opinion? Or for a comment made in a thread not associated with them at all. Giving someone negative karma for not accepting or agreeing with your opinion is plain childish. And giving me negative karma because you didn't understand or misunderstood my point is foolish aswell. Is their any kind of Checks and Balances or is this Karma system the joke that Im coming to realize it is.

I'm not trying to bash the site, I thourghly enjoy the service it provides the community and is why became a contributing member. Does anyone else have a problem with this? And for reference i did not return the negative karma since I dont feel stooping to that level is nessacry.
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It's just a forum tool to acknowledge those that contribute positive posts with good karma and for your peers to let you know when that contribution is lacking. It's completely peer driven.

Now, as Rich has stated in the past the bad karma should be reserved for those posts that are particularly bad. However, I do feel that there are a couple of people that hand it out like candy for relatively minor disagreements. I haven't looked to see why you received your bad karma and don't particularity care to at this point but just suggest that you give it the appropriate weight for what it is.

 
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