Ning Free No More

Ning, the site that allows you to create your own social network, is going to discontinue its ‘free’ service and only have paying clients. I used to use Ning but changed to the Grou.ps platform about a year ago. I believe I made the right decision when I did so and now I really feel I made the right decision back then.

If you would like to visit Ning, click on the link below. However, I have a feeling that many social networks will be fleeing Ning and looking for alternatives.

http://www.ning.com/

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Another free alternative is mixxt.com, offering functionalities very similar to Ning but with some additions.

Some of the advantages are:
– Strong Community Management features (e.g., newsletter system, access control)
– Powerful sub-groups
– Full collaboration features including wikis, image albums, file systems, event-management and CMS
– Advanced customization

mixxt’s philosophy is different from Ning’s: it is based on White Labeled solutions for large institutions and enterprises, as well as Freemium services.

mixxt networks are especially popular among education, work-related and event networks.

Users wanting to import their Ning network to mixxt find a useful tool in our Ning importer (http://bit.ly/migrate-ning).

Give your own mixxt network a try for free here: (http://mixxt.com)!