Comments on: Ning Surpasses 200,000 Social Networks - But Is It Cash Flow Positive? http://www.digitalpodcast.com/podcastnews/2008/03/17/nings-surpasses-200000-social-networks-but-is-it-cash-flow-positive/ Digital Podcast focuses on using new and social media to build real businesses. We help publishers build new media businesses that use best practices to market content, build audience and monetize the results. Give us a call at 562-824-5193. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:10:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: wen http://www.digitalpodcast.com/podcastnews/2008/03/17/nings-surpasses-200000-social-networks-but-is-it-cash-flow-positive/#comment-78172 wen Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:52:13 +0000 http://www.digitalpodcast.com/podcastnews/2008/03/17/nings-surpasses-200000-social-networks-but-is-it-cash-flow-positive/#comment-78172 As a former member of at least 2 ning networks, I can assure you getting any data out of ning is and is going to be an absolute nightmare - it is not possible to to zip it up, download it for porting across to anywhere else. It's also got some design faults in it, like for example it allows different users on a social network to register with the same name. I discovered this quite by chance and when I went to delete one of those names it deleted the other account which was registered to a different email address!!!! As a former member of at least 2 ning networks, I can assure you getting any data out of ning is and is going to be an absolute nightmare - it is not possible to to zip it up, download it for porting across to anywhere else.

It’s also got some design faults in it, like for example it allows different users on a social network to register with the same name. I discovered this quite by chance and when I went to delete one of those names it deleted the other account which was registered to a different email address!!!!

]]> By: Mike http://www.digitalpodcast.com/podcastnews/2008/03/17/nings-surpasses-200000-social-networks-but-is-it-cash-flow-positive/#comment-77856 Mike Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:13:56 +0000 http://www.digitalpodcast.com/podcastnews/2008/03/17/nings-surpasses-200000-social-networks-but-is-it-cash-flow-positive/#comment-77856 I would like to know how well Ning is doing financially too. When will they tell? I would like to know how well Ning is doing financially too. When will they tell?

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