Comments on: Seven sexiest alternatives to Ning

By: Fahrt aufnehmen | Twi4all's Blog

Fahrt aufnehmen | Twi4all's Blog — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:53:52 +0000

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By: Spannerboy

Spannerboy — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:57:42 +0000

Im am still pursuing my search for better ning alternatives. Here is my argument i posted on some other blog listing aternatives

Social networking is becoming one of the hottest trends on the web, with everyone not only wanting to be in social networks, but looking to create one. In the end, maybe rather than having large sites like facebook, what ning sort out to do was break this down to "your" own social network! In anycase some people argue that it all comes to the same thing, just a difference in nomenclature, whilst you can achieve almost everything u can with a ning network as you can with a facebook group, the idea of hosting, managing your own network is more exciting!

There are lots of alternatives coming up and summarising them in a blog post is usually not as effective. Wordpress, Drupal, and almost any CMS out there have numerous social networking component. Joomla is promising in this field, though dominated by a few social networking components jomsocial http://jomsocial.com and community builder, http://joomlapolis.com many more interesting options are coming up like Tuiyo http://tuiyo.co.uk which promises better integration with other social network.

In any case defining one as an alternative to the other is usually quite limiting as most of these are usually commissioned works build to fit the feature set required by the client, whilst one may be doing one thing, the other maybe doing it in a completely different way, or may in fact not do it all. Deciding on an alternative to ning will require purpose, and reason. Nonetheless some people still feel satisfied with using groups on facebook, and that should be considered a serious alternative to ning!

By: Ja

Ja — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:05:08 +0000

Well! grou.ps is not free.. now is askinf for money! oh well!

By: Socialnetworkingaddict

Socialnetworkingaddict — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:43:26 +0000

There are two more

www.socialparody.com (For adult social networks)
www.socialparadox.com (NON adult social networks)

By: Mathias Moeller

Mathias Moeller — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:19:59 +0000

May I shamelessly self-promote our platform just for once? The name is Amazee (http://www.amazee.com/), we are based in Switzerland and offer a free migration service for Ning Networks whose members aren't willing or able to pay for the new payment scheme Ning has come up with. You can find all the necessary information and a link to the migrator here: http://blog.amazee.com/welcome-ning-refugees-2/. Don't hesitate to ask questions, if you do have any!

By: Web Design London by Econeve | Web Design Agency | Ning social network site is going from freemium to paid-for

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:23:58 +0000

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By: Savage

Savage — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:50:19 +0000

Thanks for this blog.

I moved to Grou.ps. They offer very flexible full customization option. If you know some html & css, it means you are holding magic wand in your hands. Grou.ps has many free features.

On the other side, all your destiny is in Grou.ps’ hands. But I cannot afford hosting costs and manage technical issues on my own now. I’m not an advanced user. So those open-source alternatives are not for me.

So far so good with Grou.ps. You can see the comparison from here http://grou.ps/move_ning.php
I also found this today – http://www.emresokullu.com/blogs/item/thoughts-...

Thanks for the blog. I will check others as well.

By: Alternatieven voor Ning — Ambtenaar 2.0

Alternatieven voor Ning — Ambtenaar 2.0 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:25:25 +0000

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By: Nicolas Holzapfel

Nicolas Holzapfel — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:33:00 +0000

If it’s any help to your readers I can suggest http://yoomoot.com as an alternative home for niche communities. It’s quite different to Ning though – it’s basically a wiki/Q&A fusion specifically for long and complex discussions.

By: Steve Carroll

Steve Carroll — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:57:03 +0000

Thanks for this.

As a freelance teacher building everything around Ning, it's quite blow.

Steve