Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Ning In Full
Ning In Full: "I have to hand it to Ning - it took them well over a year after their initial beta launch to fulfill their promise of allowing “anyone” to create social applications, but they’ve done it. Ning relaunches tonight with new functionality and an interface that allows even the most novice of web users to create their own highly customized social network in moments. The site has been down most of the day - the new stuff should be online around 10 pm PST."
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Ning is very Beta. CEO incompetent and hardheaded.
Advantages. Only site I know where a layman can create his own mini-Network or Forum
Disadvantages. Staff rude, can't admit mistakes, blame you, Ning is not what it is advertised as.
My experience with Ning. I am a dyslexic person on disabilities whose hobby it is to coach young men in dating and relationships. I tried using Ning as a teaching aid. Ning staff are very bad at accepting criticism. They can't admit their mistakes. Ning is very slow. Gina Bianchini said something is wrong with "me" if I think waiting 4 seconds for a page to load is slow. I am using Orkut, MySpace, Yahoo Groups, and those networks are a lot faster. Although Ning finally listened to me and made their site a little faster, it didn't do me any good.
One of the features Ning is boasting is the ability to create your own profile questions. But what they do not tell you (at least they did not tell me) is that, the more questions you make, the slower your Network is going to be. (Right now I have to wait 20 seconds for a page to load on my Network.) After they told me this was the case it was too late. I reduced the number of questions, but the members' profile answers are already stored in the system. They told me the information couldn't be deleted and my Network will always be slow. Again instead of accepting responsibility they played the blame game with me. They told me I was the only one on Ning who made so many profile questions, and that I was odd. It is funny hearing this from people who allegedly want to give Network creators freedom to be individualistic. Not to mention that its rude. As a result I have lost months of design effort and time.
They say in an advertisement that you can create your own Social Network, but in reality it is more like your own forum or miniature network. The Groups feature of Ning Networks is very underdeveloped. For instance you can't approve group posts. This one-fit-all approach is why all Ning networks look the same. I'm sick of all these sites luring you with false promises and providing no service of any value.
Also, I got a death threat and when I complained they banned me from Network Creators forum. Most of the Networks on Ning are "dead", in part because Gina has a big head and will not accept advice on how to improve the site. They have been very rude and inhospitable to me.
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