I second that, it is shady indeed. I never got into the Ning frenzy, looks like my hunch was right... :)
--- In [email protected], Jay dedman <jay.ded...@...> wrote: > > Ning has decided to cancel their free accounts: > http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/nings-bubble-bursts-no-more-free-networks-cuts-40-of-staff/ > > "Ning has just announced that it is killing off its free product, forcing > existing free networks to either make the change to premium accounts or > migrate their networks elsewhere. > While the email talks about Free versus Premium paid networks, Ning actually > has a variety of different premium upgrades. Currently, Ning's premium > options include support (which has a $10/month and $100/month options for > different service levels); Custom domains ($5 a month); Extra storage and > bandwidth ($10 a month); Ad removal ($25 a month) and the ability to hide > any trace that you're running on Ning ($25 a month)." > > We had some long discussions several years ago when videobloggers started > using Ning to make communities to complement their videoblog. (example > http://mix.epicfu.com/ which is a nicely designed Ning site). We were asking > if it was smart to invest so much time archiving and building a community on > a site you dont own. > > When we did the http://semanal.org/ project in 2008...I know we debated > between using Ning or hack Wordpress for this group project. Glad we decided > to hack. > > I think useful services are smart to charge. I know I pay a yearly fee to > Flickr.com because I love their service. Blip.tv would be another service > that seems worth a fee. But I feel it's really shady when services start > free...suck you in...then either force you to pay or dump you. > > Jay > > > > > > > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
