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.

[nailit]

//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 //
So you have taken over the running of an obscure 22 year old
UK Website?
Good luck with that....

[EdmundD]

No updte on Companies House yet.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03948614

[douglas9401]

Heavens, we may be witnessing the sharp end of a Russian hacking operation! :-P

[Tuvok]

It this becomes a pay site, then I won't be paying.

I'm too mean/tight-fisted to do that.

I don't subscribe to any pay-wall sites.

[nailit]

The OP sounds like a blurb from
'Have I Got News For You'?

[THECORBYLOON]

So you have taken over the running of an obscure 22 year old
UK Website?
Good luck with that...."

Have you done much to make others aware of AB?

[THECORBYLOON]

That was to NAILIT

[nailit]

//Have you done much to make others aware of AB? //
Nothing do with me what others do in their spare time!

Have YOU done much to make others aware of swinging clubs in your area?

[johnny.5]

what swinging clubs ?

[Tuvok]

There are some changes relating to the parent company on Companies House

Silverdisc Limited

[gness]

Corby belongs to the same golf club I once had membership of, Johnny... It was a very energetic golf club....x

[jno]

they're all over the interrnet, johnny

[THECORBYLOON]

"Have YOU done much to make others aware of swinging clubs in your area?"

In answer to your question, as I'm neither a member of nor aware of a swinging club in the area, I have done nothing.

[gness]

Ooooo. I quite fancy that, Jno! Although if my ability to hang onto something I'm swinging is anything to go by perhaps not.... :-(

[nailit]

CORBYLOON,
Then go away.
You have nothing to say.

[gness]

I was going to give you a phone number, Corby but Dave's forbidden me.... ;-)

[Tilly2]

I'd end up smashing my skull doing that club swinging thing.

[gness]

Would have been a useful skill when we had to stay 2mts apart though, Tilly.

[Arksided]

Hook line and sinker, I started to believe this was serious on first reading...

[douglas9401]

Tilly, you should be okay as long as you don't combine the exercise with your Hamlet rehearsals.