Comments on: Interesting: Ning http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/ Movie Reviews, iPhone App Reviews, and Tech Commentary by Jason Kaneshiro Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:44:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Social Networking Website - Community Building | i-Blog http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-29937 Social Networking Website - Community Building | i-Blog Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:58:01 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/#comment-29937 [...] http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/ The social website construction set Ning recently released a big upgrade and was profiled by Techcrunch. It was really slow for much of yesterday, so I didn’t get a chance to check it out. But I finally got in, and have some thoughts. [...] [...] http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/ The social website construction set Ning recently released a big upgrade and was profiled by Techcrunch. It was really slow for much of yesterday, so I didn’t get a chance to check it out. But I finally got in, and have some thoughts. [...]

]]> By: missgenevieve - If you can’t find your “place,” make it. http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-29772 missgenevieve - If you can’t find your “place,” make it. Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:23:14 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/#comment-29772 [...] on by a dislike of the discussion board layout. Personally, I didn’t find it that annoying. Others have also mentioned content ownership, which the recent flap over at Facebook proves is still a hot [...] [...] on by a dislike of the discussion board layout. Personally, I didn’t find it that annoying. Others have also mentioned content ownership, which the recent flap over at Facebook proves is still a hot [...]

]]> By: MOin http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-28008 MOin Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:00:56 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/#comment-28008 very nice and different kind of media network i really like there idea of letting people make their own social circle and keep up their community managed great find very new for me. very nice and different kind of media network i really like there idea of letting people make their own social circle and keep up their community managed great find very new for me.

]]> By: Big Ning Funding : Wonderful Thoughts http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-7372 Big Ning Funding : Wonderful Thoughts Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:29:14 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/#comment-7372 [...] latest investment round and subsequent valuation of Ning is big news, but not a complete surprise. I checked out Ning a while back and think they’re ahead of the curve - giving users the ability to create their own social [...] [...] latest investment round and subsequent valuation of Ning is big news, but not a complete surprise. I checked out Ning a while back and think they’re ahead of the curve – giving users the ability to create their own social [...]

]]> By: Big Ning Funding » Webomatica - tech, movies, music blog http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-6746 Big Ning Funding » Webomatica - tech, movies, music blog Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:35:32 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/#comment-6746 [...] latest investment round and subsequent valuation of Ning is big news, but not a complete surprise. I checked out Ning a while back and think they’re ahead of the curve - giving users the ability to create their own social [...] [...] latest investment round and subsequent valuation of Ning is big news, but not a complete surprise. I checked out Ning a while back and think they’re ahead of the curve – giving users the ability to create their own social [...]

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-3822 webomatica Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:09:02 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/#comment-3822 Hi Jim, hey, that's pretty cool. Thanks for helping clear up some stuff that I could only figure out as a user. That last point in particular is pretty awesome. Obviously, I'm quite a fan of WordPress and Joomla. Hi Jim, hey, that’s pretty cool. Thanks for helping clear up some stuff that I could only figure out as a user.

That last point in particular is pretty awesome. Obviously, I’m quite a fan of WordPress and Joomla.

]]> By: Jim Squires http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-3818 Jim Squires Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:10:16 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/28/interesting-ning/#comment-3818 Great insights--I'm thrilled you're enjoying Ning. Some corrections/clarifications on the downsides you mentioned however: "If you make a Ning-hosted site, it seems you don’t own it or any of the content." JS: We enable anyone to take a feed of the content on their network and back it up or migrate it off Ning. It requires some technical know-how, but is possible in a way that it simply isn't on other "one-size-fits-all" social networks "with the free model, you don’t benefit from any of the ads that are displayed. There seems to be a “premium” option with a monthly fee that allows “revenue access“." JS: Yes, that's correct. For a monthly fee we empower the network owner to run their own ads and receive 100% of the associated revenue. "Maybe in the future, Ning will follow the open source model and allow users to install the software on their own servers." JS: We already do! It again takes some technical know-how, but at any point in time, you can request a copy of the code running your new social network and run everything on your own servers. We're constantly balancing openness, sustainability, security (especially around people's personal information), while giving people as much flexibility as possible and the opportunity to create their own social networks for anything. Drop me a note at jim at our company name dot com any time if you have any questions. Great insights–I’m thrilled you’re enjoying Ning. Some corrections/clarifications on the downsides you mentioned however:

“If you make a Ning-hosted site, it seems you don’t own it or any of the content.”

JS: We enable anyone to take a feed of the content on their network and back it up or migrate it off Ning. It requires some technical know-how, but is possible in a way that it simply isn’t on other “one-size-fits-all” social networks

“with the free model, you don’t benefit from any of the ads that are displayed. There seems to be a “premium” option with a monthly fee that allows “revenue access“.”

JS: Yes, that’s correct. For a monthly fee we empower the network owner to run their own ads and receive 100% of the associated revenue.

“Maybe in the future, Ning will follow the open source model and allow users to install the software on their own servers.”

JS: We already do! It again takes some technical know-how, but at any point in time, you can request a copy of the code running your new social network and run everything on your own servers. We’re constantly balancing openness, sustainability, security (especially around people’s personal information), while giving people as much flexibility as possible and the opportunity to create their own social networks for anything.

Drop me a note at jim at our company name dot com any time if you have any questions.

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