Any time you make changes to an interface, that people have gotten

accustomed to working with, there are always those for and against. But,

calling it a "Dashboard" is comical, and certainly typical of what

appears to be Ning's best efforts. We, creators will get used to it,

again, and manage to work around Ning, again.



That said, we consider this to be the last straw, as it were, and we are

now making plans to leave Ning. We patiently waited, as everyone… Continue

Heed this warning … if you’re not on Twitter, trust that your competition is.



There is no way you can be involved in Social Media, in the midst of a Social Media revolution, on a Social Media website, and not talk about Twitter. So, let’s talk!





At this juncture, unless you are a cave dweller, you know of Twitter, but do you know how powerful a tool it can be, or should become, or might be, or is supposed to be? You get the idea, and that’s likely the… Continue

The fact is, that regardless of how wonderful the Ning platform is or may be, or, as potentially unstable as it has been or may end up being, the timing, when looking at the economy at large, could not be more profoundly wrong for the small-site creators and their members. And glib comments like "nothing is free forever", or, "you get what you pay for", have an irritating ring when one is…

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If you are somewhat confused between the Blogs and the Forums, take heart, you are not alone!

When I first started with social media networking I was adamant that they (the Blogs and the Forums) were one and the same, and it perplexed me to no end. Was I the only one who saw this redundancy? Not…

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