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VentureBeat: Ning’s network owners get their own applications

  • theusername · 7 months ago
    good stuff, funny it popped up while i was reading this: http://tr.im/kFtL which is the top trending article amongst the "more-than-just-twitter-news" twine network.

    p.s. you guys are much better & way more diverse in your reporting/content coverage than "Mash'n Crunch", keep up the good work.
  • Gadget Sleuth · 7 months ago
    Create your own type apps have a long way to go still, and this looks pretty good.
  • YourMom · 7 months ago
    Ning is pretty much the worst social networking site in the world.
  • Matt Marshall · 7 months ago
    How so?
  • wecandobiz · 7 months ago
    Ning is a great way to get a basic social network running around a particular interest, but it really should be supporting stuff like OpenID and/or Facebook Connect to make it easier for the people you invite to come and join your network.

    The reason we didn't build a Ning network when we started WeCanDo.BIZ (and built ours from scratch instead) is that every other network manager -- all 1 million of them -- is just a couple of clicks from being able to offer exactly what you offer, functionally. Unless you are covering a popular but niche interest REALLY well, it's hard to stand out.

    It can make it hard for your network to take off.

    Ian Hendry
    CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
    http://www.wecando.biz
  • Gamefly Review · 2 weeks ago
    My experience with Ning was that they were very proprietary about their software and did not really encourage people building on apps that would help Ning users monetize their sites. There was a really decent 3rd party developer who had developed a number of really cool apps for the ning platform and then was banned when he became too important to Ning users.