The social media platform Ning is sucking the blood out of everyone that has paid for the software to "own" their own community platform. Did you know that there are plenty of competitors of Ning which are free, do not require profit sharing, and allow you to have your own domain name.
If I wanted to create an online community for exotic dancers and porn stars I would need Ning in the domain. I can't just fucking put exoticdancersandpornstars.com. It would need to be exoticdancersandpornstars.Ning.com. However, I cannot have a website using Ning for porn stars or exotic dancers. Why? Because Ning makes all the rules of what can and cannot be posted on a Ning community. You can use SocialEngine.net, DrupalCom, Joomla Community Builder, and Buddy Press all for free. They allow you to create an online community for free, where you set the rules, where you choose your domain, and you own the entire website. Basically, Ning are like multi-level-marketing people. They are viewing their customers as free labor. Customers pay to drive people to a Ning website.
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