how did the answerbank start and who started it

[babydust]

how did the answerbank start and who started it

[ELVIS68]

Didn`t Crystal Guides have a Number 1 record back in the 70s

[B00]

Nope, that Was Crystal Gayle...........lol


Ps Elvis, me n Mr Boo play that game for ages............

[ELVIS68]

What game

[bubbly girly]

Hello everyone, my friend Carina is with me this very moment.

[mccfluff]

well hello bubbly and Carina

[bubbly girly]

well hello mccfluff

[mccfluff]

hi bubbly, this could go on for a while lol

[andy-hughes]

Hi babydust

Just to divert from the chatting - here is the answer to your Question!

The Answerbank was started in 2000 by a company called FreontOfMind which is a subsidiary of The Daily Mail. It employed seven journalists as Channel producers, each had a specific catagory - a couple had two - and for their catagory, each Producer wrote and posted three features per week on the Site. It was the CP's job to answer any questions which were posted, based on their knowledge of their individual subject, for which they were originally hired. As a startter, eac CP posted some Questyions on their Section to get the ball rolling, and the Site went 'live'.

After a couple of years, the owners decided that the Site would stand alone as a Q & A site, and the features, and journalists, were jettisoned.

I was the CP for the Music section, and I have visited and posted every day since the beginning, barring illness or holidays. Even though I am no longer employed by FrontOfMind - who sold the AB to Crystal Guides - I am still here, the proverbial 'old man' of the AB.

[bigfoot3000]

Interesting!