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Permalink Reply by BallerAlert on September 20, 2011 at 9:10pm

I get paid thousands a month from Glam... but it's geared toward women so i don't know why they want ning. No offense...

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Permalink Reply by The Networking Fool on September 20, 2011 at 9:14pm

The sale shouldn't come as a shock as it's certainly the reason for all of the changes and posturing the past year. Glam is bent on capturing a huge share of the social media market, and Ning is a perfect entree into the smaller niche sector. I have maintained for a while that once the economy shifts and everyone is back to work, and the cloud lifts from over our collective heads, the mega-sites (whose size has been precipitated by and predicated on a sort of mob psychology where it seems important to surround oneself with masses in hopes of well... hope) will no longer hold their glitter and we'll tend to trend toward smaller sites with content that we are looking for and conversation we can get involved in. I think it will end up being a very good thing for the Ning community. As far as the current owners' lack of transparency, that's just deja vu, isn't it?

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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on September 20, 2011 at 9:45pm

Agree. Great to hear from you!

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Permalink Reply by Kingdomz X Heavy Metal Ent. on September 20, 2011 at 11:09pm

CEO Jason Rosenthal did make an announcement several hours earlier on Creators.

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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on September 20, 2011 at 11:38pm

Yeah, I read it all, was just a few hours late seeing it. I actually read this discussion first.

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Permalink Reply by Mind's Eye on September 20, 2011 at 9:29pm

Wow, all I can say is here we go again!

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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on September 20, 2011 at 9:43pm

I think this could be the best news since I first landed on ning.com. Give it time. My initial assessment is, this could be the best opportunity yet for real monetization of a Ning Network.

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Permalink Reply by Humanity Healing Foundation on September 20, 2011 at 9:40pm

Oh Boy...I don't know what to say, I hope they don;t raise the prices yet again...with Ning never a dull moment!

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Permalink Reply by Disabilities And Animals on September 20, 2011 at 9:40pm

No surprise to me...In business, when a new owner comes on board, there are ALWAYS changes...And not alway to the benefit of the customer. The next few months will tell. I pay for a service and expect to get that which is promised. I'm watching developments closely

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Permalink Reply by Carny Town on September 20, 2011 at 9:40pm

Since Ning is being paid in preferred stock, it has to be assumed that this is a move to an offering of common stock and a way to drive up the prices on the market. I assumed several months ago that Ning no longer cared about its long time customers and was concerned about their looks as a valuable acquisition and said so. I still feel that way. I am down to two sites on Ning. The rest of our site inventory has been moved to private servers and Wordpress installations. I DO feel that there will be no short term effect on network creators...but long term...I would expect some changes. It will depend on the value of their stock, I think.

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Permalink Reply by Robin on September 20, 2011 at 11:10pm

hopefully they'll clear out Eric and the rest of the Creators gestapo.... just because someone disagrees or dislikes Eric or one of his cronies they are booted from Creators...? Seems a little radical to me.... I lost confidence in NING years ago, I expect it to fail because they behave so badly towards those who pay the bills....

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Permalink Reply by The Human Touch on September 20, 2011 at 11:14pm

I see I'm not the only one thinking that LOL. All of us who got on his bad side have now moved here. You notice we're not causing problems here... Because WE are not the problems. I just stay to myself... I used to help everyone but can't afford to anymore over there.

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