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.

[RandyMarsh]

Do you plan on trying to get some new blood?, possibly a bit younger?

[aelmpvw]

^ what could go wrong? :-)

[THECORBYLOON]

"Do you plan on trying to get some new blood?, possibly a bit younger?"

Do you mean folk in their sixties?

[Bobbisox1]

^^^ Yeah, open it up to those American teens that have lost their way since Yahoo chat folded :0)))

[youngmafbog]

Welcome.

Good luck!

[Mozz71]

Welcome "M".

Can we now call SpareEd "Q"?

[RandyMarsh]

TCL! that made me smile.

[Mamyalynne]

Nice to meet you M.

[lady-janine]

Hi. Nice to meet you.

[RandyMarsh]

all these girls fluttering their eyelids..................I can see you mams

[Stickybottle]

THECORBYLOON
"Do you plan on trying to get some new blood?, possibly a bit younger?"

Do you mean folk in their sixties?
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Lol !

[Mamyalynne]

I know you can Randy.

[gulliver1]

If we have to have Mods , Give them less power and let the Mods be named and elected by abers ,

[THECORBYLOON]

Not that it will ever happen but which powers would you remove from the Mods?

[THECORBYLOON]

Even if a known Mod were taking part in a thread, a watching Mod could delete a post and no doubt there would then be grief for the innocent participating Mod.

[webbo3]

Nice to meet you.

[gness]

Nice to meet you too, 22. Bet you're wishing you'd just snuck in. ;-)

[ducksie]

Hi :)

[Tilly2]

Hello Mr or Mrs Ed 22.

I'm one of those who are still in my sixties. I represent the youth of today. :-)

[wolf63]

Hello
As you can see most of us have an unhealthy obsession with something.
I like cats (and dogs) and others about the inadequacies of Boris Johnson, mods on this site ... the list is long ...

Most, but not all, people use the normal 'Queen's English' and nearly everybody has at least one redeeming feature.

I would like to say that to know us is to love us, but some of us are unloveable eejits.

Enjoy AB
:-)