For many of us, social networks like Facebook and Orkut would be absolutely great if they weren’t so full of people you don’t know or care about. And those inane games invitations and targeted advertisements? Don’t even get us started. For anyone that’s ever thought they could rock an online community harder than Mark Zuckerberg and his cronies could ever dream of, there’s Ning, our Cool Site of the Week.
For a reasonable fee, Ning provides their clients with an online tool set that allows them to very quickly put together a social network of their very own. With scalable service plans to suit the needs of a wide variety of users, a wide variety of site templates and an easy to use drag-and-drop site editor, Ning makes building a social network a breeze. Within minutes of signing up, we were able to build a rough and ready website, send out invitations and start posting to our new online community.
For subscribers who that demand complete creative control, Ning even offers packages that allow for CSS support, customized site design, a unique URL and--should you feel like fleecing your fledgling community--a number of revenue generating solutions. For internet isolationists, special interest groups, private companies or people want to stay connected to their loved ones in a more personal way than services like Facebook can afford, Ning is the perfect solution.
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Sempai
April 16, 2011 at 3:26am
I really appreciate the change they made to the comments section, taking out the "Comment" button altogether with no way(afaik)of reverting it back in, so when you type out a long comment and want a 2nd paragraph you have to hit Shift+Enter and sometimes post a half baked comment.
Fucking idiots.
richeemxx
April 15, 2011 at 8:40pm
those inane games invitations and targeted advertisements
Sadly those are likely going to be a part of any social network. Remember back in the day when MySpace was the cool new kid. Facebook was barely even a thought and Twitter what is that? Well fast fwd a few and now Facebook is starting to get as bad as Myspace was/is and people are starting to complain and are loging for the good old days.
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