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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.

Ugly guys need luvin too!

Ugly chicks don't seem to have any trouble hooking up most of the time...so how come it's so damn hard for an ugly guy to get some special attention?!?!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

WHY ?!? Look at yourself.THATS why! :raspberry
 
I was reading the thread

and I have to agree you down yourself too much. You have to go out there with a positive attitude. Most women do not want a man they have to constantly reassure. What women do like is someone who is confident in themselves. If a woman only wants to talk to you because you have a "fist full of dollars" then that is not what you want. If they only care about your looks then what type of person do you think they are?

I weigh 240 lbs, 5' 10 " and I drive a POS. I used to be really self conscious of how I looked. Now I don't care, I don't shave hate getting my hair cut (or combing it). Don't clean my car and if anyone sees me I more than likely look like a bum.

But guess what I am comfortable with that and the way I look and I will talk your ear off. I do not have a problem talking to people anymore and can usually get a group of people hanging around me without trying. Why? They do not have to hear how fat I am.

Now I am not saying that I do not look at the mirror and say I need to lose weight, or I wish I looked different, I have just become comrortable with me. I don't think there is a person in the world who does not want to change something about them. Just stop downing yourself to people.

Next time you go out try this. If you catch a female looking at you make eye contact. If you catch her a second time then go up and talk to her. Drop all notions of getting a phone number, her being a possible girlfriend or what not. Just go up and talk. Play your cards and take hints. You do not have to be Brad Pitt to talk to women. You have nothing to lose. If she is interested she will talk back, if not hey you are still good in the hood and didn't lose anything. Their loss right?
 
Ughhh....

""I weigh 240 lbs, 5' 10 " and I drive a POS. I used to be really self conscious of how I looked. Now I don't care, I don't shave hate getting my hair cut (or combing it). Don't clean my car and if anyone sees me I more than likely look like a bum.""

Now THAT's an ugly woman! haha
 
Fangthane said:
damn I didn't think anyone was gonna respond..just about stopped watching this post. I AM fat too. Wish someone in real life thought I was cute. It never happens though. I don't really have any "friends" but I sure could use some.
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and you said i was looking for pity? smh get real
 
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Please excuse me for the comment. I have no intention to cause any problems with anyone.

Im just another guy who loves his pets. Have a good one man.
Save it. Your comments do tend to be idiotic and your little karma-whoring campaign is both pitiful and transparent. Go cry to someone else. Maybe you'll get some more pity karma out of it.
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"...may flights of devils wing you to your rest"

so everyone may know, this is why i posted my comment.


How can you say I'm a pity seeker for trying to regain my karma, but you seek pity for you being.......you i guess.

Fairness is a balance of both arguments, not favoritism.
 
David - you just dragged up a 5 yr old post to continue your pissing match. Congrats - you're back in the red, and I might just hit a couple of those other posts we discussed once I spread some karma around a bit.
 
Nice. Didn't realize this old thread was bumped. When a laughable excuse for intellect fails, I suppose dim-witted pettiness is all some have left. "SMH" Anyway, still single, ladies. :yesnod:
 
Well, I guess another one bites the dust. As usual, I lose. Since wounded prey is about all some of you big game hunters can really handle, go ahead and take your shots. Go ahead and call it a pity party. That some of you are so quick to mistake unabashed sincerity for pity seeking says more about yourselves than it does about me, I like to think. Anyway, you can all get an extra chuckle out of knowing that she's laffin' right along with you. Knowing that, and in recognition of the fact that there's never really been much of anything here for me anyway, I kinda doubt I'll be back. Yeah, I know I'll be missed. :rofl:
 
I'm totally lost regarding that last post, what the heck happened Dan? If you don't want to explain, I understand. I hope things are okay!
 
Fangthane said:
Well, I guess another one bites the dust. As usual, I lose. Since wounded prey is about all some of you big game hunters can really handle, go ahead and take your shots. Go ahead and call it a pity party. That some of you are so quick to mistake unabashed sincerity for pity seeking says more about yourselves than it does about me, I like to think. Anyway, you can all get an extra chuckle out of knowing that she's laffin' right along with you. Knowing that, and in recognition of the fact that there's never really been much of anything here for me anyway, I kinda doubt I'll be back. Yeah, I know I'll be missed. :rofl:
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What the hell are you talking about? We like you. We disagree with you sometimes and I guess since you are gifted and almost lyrical when ragging on people , people tend to return the favor. But that doesn't mean that we don't appreciate you. I'm glad you are here. Stay.
 
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