Ning.com hosts 2.3 million social networks, says that it will phased out and kills its free network sites and require network creators to either switch to a paid plan or leave Ning. It’s also laying off 70+ of its employees!
Is Ning in trouble ?
Here's an extract of email from the new COO Jason Rosenthal :
Read more: Nings bubble bursts - No more free networks,cuts 40% of staff
Ning’s announcement also says that it will be giving network owners/creators more details on May 4th.
- Will the network owners/creators wait patiently for May 4th ?
- Will they stay and pay ?
- Will they be able to move their contents to another platform?
Do post your opinion below.
Cool article! It definitely killing my heart... LOL!
ReplyDeleteI have a social network at ning and currently, I am looking into a few options and also to see the May 4th updates :-)