Hello, And Nice To Meet You.

[ABEditor22]

Dear AnswerBank Community,

I am writing to inform you that as of January 2022 I became the new owner of AnswerBank Ltd.

AnswerBank has been running since 2000 and at its peak, the website had over a million monthly visitors. To date, we have had more than 480,000 members join AnswerBank with a large community of active members still regularly posting on the site and engaging in the community.

Despite this positivity, in recent years, alongside the growth of other Social Media platforms and Search Engines, our active membership has been falling, and the platform requires significant updates and investment to ensure its continued operation.

In order to continue investing in the platform, my predecessors implemented Advertising on the site to ensure that the costs of running the platform were covered without asking members to contribute from their own pocket; this advertising revenue has been falling. I know that advertising isn’t popular and can be seen as intrusive, but without this vital advertising income AnswerBank is unable to fund its ongoing overheads. The development team and moderators here have donated their time to serve the community and I would like to express a special thank you to those individuals.

I know from the short time I have spent observing the community; AnswerBank is more than just a website; it’s a place where people share ideas and discuss topics with friends and peers. I know that life-long friendships have been forged on AnswerBank and many of our members rely on it.

It is, for this reason, I can confirm to the community that it is my intent to work with you all to grow and improve the platform, including investing in developing the site further, adding new functionality and improving the design, and exploring different monetisation models.

In carrying out the above I wish to work with the community, and we’ll be releasing further information in the coming weeks and months as to how we intend to do this.

For the time being, I would like to thank you for your support and express a heartfelt "hello, and nice to meet you" to the community.

M.

[dannyk13]

jno, we can do without the sarcasm.

[Lie-in King]

Pleased to meet you, M & I wish you all the best :-)

[jno]

I wasn't being sarcastic, dannyk, the question was asked about how a person can own a limited company, as in the OP. Naomi has provided the answer.

[dannyk13]

Welcome to AnswerBank Mr Boss.

[Ken4155]

^
Crawler :-J

[Togo]

Nice to meeet you too "shiny new" Ed. We at least know that you have a sense of humour by the inspired Best Answer award :))
If only you knew. Haha the "mods" that were advised even remove Site Rules if the "wrong" person quotes them.

[dannyk13]

lol Ken.

[Togo]

No Avatar? If you need help just post the request in Technology, sub category Internet. (^_*)

[elliemay1]

//I can confirm that a "Paid-For-Service" or "Subscription" model is not something we are looking to implement at this stage.//
It's the '' at this stage'' that I am wary of!

[Ken4155]

Funny that, Togo, i had the self-awarding of BA down to megalomania :-) :-)

[jno]

at least this answers the question of what expat oligarchs are going to do with their money if they can no longer repatriate it.

[Lie-in King]

Danny - it might be Mrs Boss... ;-)

[dannyk13]

L-i k, Yep, it might b. Never thought of that.

[Ken4155]

Or even Ms, L-I-K ;-)

[ABSpareEditor]

ABEditor22, ABSpareEditor and AB Editor are all used by different people. ABEditor22 is not ABSpareEditor or AB Editor.

[Ken4155]

Sounds like the intro to the tv prog 'Soap'. Confused, you will be :-)

[THECORBYLOON]

If I am correct, "M" is male.

[Ken4155]

R, I C now that ABSpareEditor is the one who has awarded ABEditor 22 BA. Ok. :-))

[Ken4155]

TCL, once upon a time you would have had a 50/50 chance of being correct:-/

[douglas9401]

ABEditor22 is not a number, he/she/they is/are a free person.

Be seeing you.