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.

[Mamyalynne]

That's very odd.

[ABSpareEditor]

I set the Best Answer so that the thread would be taken seriously. I've now removed "Best Answer".

[THECORBYLOON]

I hope you get paid overtime!

[nailit]

And I can now C&P,,,,
Odd indeed!
(perhaps not)

[ABSpareEditor]

Just thought it might be worth letting the community know before they get the pitchforks out for ABEditor22.

[douglas9401]

"I set the Best Answer so that the thread would be taken seriously. I've now removed "Best Answer"."

Excellent, now we may see a candidate for head prefect.

Going forward. :-)

[nailit]

And how is the latest of this incarnation of AB going to be policed?

[youngmafbog]

With pitchforks as usual Nailit :-)

[Tilly2]

..and now you can C&P Nails, what are you going to do with it?

[haras2]

Welcome ABEditor
Just one question ; Why???

[THECORBYLOON]

If he is who I think it is, he has a Corby connexion so he cannot be all bad.

[THECORBYLOON]

Might be wrong mind...

[Tilly2]

Has Editor's Blog morphed into Chatterbank?

[nailit]

Cant paste now Tills...
Something strange going on...

[jno]

///how is the latest of this incarnation of AB going to be policed?///

I believe under the new regime the mods will be permitted to use small arms fire where necessary.

[DTCwordfan]

who gives a toss....

nice that he/she introduces themselves and I'll give them some time to prove that they aren't Putain-linked....

[douglas9401]

They'll have to be extra careful when warming their hands in case of singed noses.

[tonyav]

Nice to meet you, M. Best of luck.

[gness]

I have small arms....can I be a mod?

[tonyav]

No chance, you've never owned a Lambretta ;-)