Uroboros
TheHerpinator
http://www.onlinefauna.com has no pretentions, no needs, has only to give, unlike this place
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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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IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed
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Posted 08/15/2025
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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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Addendum: 01/10/2026
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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....
What happened to BOI????
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hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
You know the costs of running a website? What website...that thing you started that has had ONE post in all of 2011? Hardly an even comparison
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And now (or should I say again?) you know the cost of running your mouth. Enjoy then ban.
That's just ignorant. The vast majority of registered names here are not contributing members right now, but they enjoy the site and benefit from the BOI.
Plus, you have some inane implication that if a man devotes much of a lifetime and tens of thousands of hours of work and expense to a community that benefits many people, it is somehow not allowed that he receive anything for his efforts.
That is the stupidest idea I've ever heard. If you spent years learning a trade or skill would you work free for other people? Really? I don't think so.
And your link to a shrivelled unused site? Come on. People BENEFIT from Fauna. They ENJOY being here, and many have been here for a number of years. A peek there would serve only to reinforce the benefits of being here.
How did you get to be so clueless? Kingsnake.com NEVER offered to buy Kingsnakes.com. And since kingsnake.com never owned kingsnakes.com how could they offer to buy it BACK?
I thought maybe you would have matured a bit but apparently I was wrong. And all evidence points to you not getting any smarter as well.
I guess you were happy under your own rock in the middle of nowhere, all by your lonesome.
Seriously, do you have communist tendencies? You believe all of the efforts of everyone should be provided at a break even point whereby there is no profit in what ANYONE does? Interesting concept, but completely at odds at how things really work in non communist societies.
Mooing Tricycle
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How did you get to be so clueless? Kingsnake.com NEVER offered to buy Kingsnakes.com. And since kingsnake.com never owner kingsnakes.com how could they offer to buy it BACK?
I thought maybe you would have matured a bit but apparently I was wrong. And all evidence points to you not getting any smarter as well.
I guess you were happy under your own rock in the middle of nowhere, all by your lonesome.
Seriously, do you have communist tendencies? You believe all of the efforts of everyone should be provided at a break even point whereby there is no profit in what ANYONE does? Interesting concept, but completely at odds at how things really work in non communist societies.
A bit off topic, but since the mention of bans is there.... what caused you to lift peoples bans? Is there a thread around for it? I hunted a little, but apparently either not enough, or there just wasnt a thread on it. Carry on....
I guess I'm just a sap that hopes people can change for the better if given the time to do so. I fully expected to be proved wrong, but I guess I hope I am wrong about that for at least some people.
Quite honestly, I guess I'm just no longer comfortable with the "permanent" ban, in concept.
Mooing Tricycle
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hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
Just as an aside - people making accounts under false names, particularly to bypass an existing ban or hide from their past here, will still be subject to permanent bans of the new accounts.
The permanent ban still exists...we're just using it less for the more routine things. A lot of the (previously) permanent bans that have been lifted were the result of "heat of the moment" type events; where people got into battle mode and kept pushing without regard for the consequences, or because they chose to rally against an action/decision made for the site and crossed a line...also, at various points, the basic policy was that we didn't want/need people here if they were on certain antagonistic courses; so some of those bans came with little warning, while others had A LOT.
Some of those people will undoubtedly come back to resume the fight (cough - Erik - cough, cough)....but, hopefully, some will be able to accept the opened door and join us again. I'm sure there will be some hard feelings at first, and that many will simply have no interest in returning - both sides lose something, in that case.
One of the best things about this site - Rich has never been afraid to reevaluate a decision/policy; and most topics are up for discussion. How many forums (fora?) can you find in which participants can openly disagree with policy as long as they aren't taking it to the point of antagonism?
The permanent ban still exists...we're just using it less for the more routine things. A lot of the (previously) permanent bans that have been lifted were the result of "heat of the moment" type events; where people got into battle mode and kept pushing without regard for the consequences, or because they chose to rally against an action/decision made for the site and crossed a line...also, at various points, the basic policy was that we didn't want/need people here if they were on certain antagonistic courses; so some of those bans came with little warning, while others had A LOT.
Some of those people will undoubtedly come back to resume the fight (cough - Erik - cough, cough)....but, hopefully, some will be able to accept the opened door and join us again. I'm sure there will be some hard feelings at first, and that many will simply have no interest in returning - both sides lose something, in that case.
One of the best things about this site - Rich has never been afraid to reevaluate a decision/policy; and most topics are up for discussion. How many forums (fora?) can you find in which participants can openly disagree with policy as long as they aren't taking it to the point of antagonism?