• 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.
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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.

"MnJ" Snake, Tortoise, Reptile Rescue - VA ???

littleindiangirl said:
I was more under the impression that they are really cleaning up their act and really listening to others when I made that post...
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Gotcha......

Mike is really trying and I mean that. Nick... he has a ways to go but he is starting to come around. IMO.

he actually agreed that he did some stuff that was well bad. nad he said people did stuff to him. I agreed but told him he can only control what he does. He can only control how peole view him. that is it.

I think things might be turning around for them. Remember guys people can change. we have all seen it. Education is key.

Littleindiangirl
You going to Taylor? It is going to be fun lol.
 
There was a recent issue (not related to you tube) That Nick called me on. I got other venomous keepers involved as hit had to do with venomous snakes. No Nick did nothing wrong. A person in Virginia kept a venomous collection in a hotel and it was found. anohter black eye. Some rare snakes also.

Nick called seaking help. That was a good thing.

Seth I trully think if the personal war thing is let go. You know calling names and what not it will end then.

I am not 100% but I have a feeling.
 
That's exactly what I was referring to, Gary. The news crew that was covering the story here in Fairfax split up. Half came to my house, the other to Nick's. He was one of the first people to be suspected of owning those snakes.
 
I know whos snakes they are. Or should I say were....... It sucks.

Were you interviewed on camera?
 
At least it got flagged, I did however copy and paste what it says...
 
Its funny how the defense for all the haters is they're fame.
But when you think of it Brian, Al , and a few others have just as much fame but no mass hater following, could it perhaps be the fact that they misinform not only the general public but young kids with the venomous/drinking/gun videos?
 
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