New owner introduction...

[arbit]

I'm curious, how do u make a living out of the forums?
The advertisement revenue must be low.

[DaRkAnGel]

Originally Posted by Geoff

Nah, it wasn't that I was gone, it's just that I don't send naked photos of myself no matter how much you beg...

Seriously though, thanks guys for all the support over the years and I'm confident Andy will do a good job here and take the site forward in ways I could have never have dreamt of

Hey, you can't blame me for trying.

Thanks for hosting this site. It made a huge difference when i first started out.

[gcs118]

Originally Posted by cursor

Psst ... the first thing that you can zap it the 'minimum-15-character-per-post' requirement. :

You beat me to it!

[threenorns]

why ?

[gcs118]

Why get rid of it? It's just an annoyance really, I don't think it serves much of a purpose whatsoever, especially with ways around it. Just takes up more of our time.

[Andy R]

Originally Posted by arbit

I'm curious, how do u make a living out of the forums?
The advertisement revenue must be low.

You are correct, the advertising revenue is quite low. I also offer webmaster services to a handful of clients to augment my income. The reason I feel so passionately is because communities like this are truely special places. I really feel that they will become more and more important components of the internet over time.

[Vas85]

Hi Andy.

I agree with you about these being truly special places, this is the only forum i have ever stuck to and will continue, nice bunch of people. Other forums ive signed up but lost interest it just didn't have that extra touch, id otn know... something about Discuss Fitness keeps me to it :.