We launched Ning 3.0 just over two weeks ago. While the overall market response has been really awesome, we have – based on the feedback here on Creators – somewhat underestimated the confusion and potential pain this new generation platform could create for some of you.
We value and carefully consider your input, and have decided to offer more flexibility and appreciation for you all as existing Ning customers.
Grandfathered in at 2x Member Limits
Rather than differentiate plans by features, storage and bandwidth, we set member limits for each plan. Number of members is a visible and intuitive measure of Network Creator success. We believe that you deserve a break when the time comes to upgrade. Therefore, existing Ning Networks will be grandfathered in at 2x the member limit of the new plans.
When you upgrade from Ning 2.0 to Ning 3.0, the Basic plan will support 2,000 members and the Performance plan will support 20,000 members. According to our data, this means that less than 1% of all our existing customers should see any price increase.
3-Month Post Upgrade Grace Period
We have also decided to give you an extra three more months after you upgrade before applying any member limits. And we will provide you with tools during and after the upgrade process to remove long-time inactive members from your network and clean house.
Limitless Moderators
Several of you voiced concerns with limiting the number of moderators. Recruiting active members to help moderate is a powerful tool for NCs to effectively manage their community and reward their most engaged members. We agree and we will be changing our pricing plans to reflect this. All Ning 3.0 subscribers can have an unlimited number of moderators (capped by your members plan limit). Moderators can be given full moderation privileges (approve, feature, edit, delete or suspend) for multiple features, content type and/or members. However the Ning 3.0 plans include a limitation on the number of Administrators—those with full access to the design, layout and settings of your network— Administrators will be limited to 2, 5 and 10 respectively.
'Powered by Ning | Mode Social' Footer Requirement
As we have shared in our FAQs and in several discussion topics, displaying "Powered by Ning | Mode Social" in network footers is important for the health of our business. While we recognize that some of you will decide to leave the platform on account of it, we will not waive this requirement. However to mitigate the impact for some of you, we do intend to put an affiliate program in place that will allow you to gain some value for clickthroughs and referrals. We’ll also provide more flexibility in terms of where and how to display the logo (options such as centering it).
Ning 2.0 Upgrade, Migration and Retirement Timeline
As we have announced, we are working on a seamless upgrade process for Ning 2.0 Networks and plan to release it this summer. Once the upgrade process is available, Ning 2.0 Networks will have at least one year to move to Ning 3.0. We will confirm the exact schedule for the Ning 2.0 retirement when we officially release these migration tools. Before we officially release these tools, we are planning to work with many of you on a beta program for this key feature to make sure that it works as well as can be expected and minimize all changes and concerns for the vast majority of our existing customers.
We hope these changes address most of your concerns and give you a bit more confidence in our own ability to listen to you all. We appreciate the time and energy you pour into your communities, and are committed to delivering you a great and viable platform for years to come.
Thank you all for your feedback; we couldn’t do this without you. If you haven’t already, please take advantage of our offer to create a Ning 3.0 Sandbox Network. We would love for you to experience the redesign firsthand and get a jump-start on developing your Ning 3.0 Network. Don't forget to drop by and let us know how it's going!
NOTE: Post Edited on 4/29/14 to reflect Glam Media's name change to Mode Media.
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Allison/Crystal made it quite clear that Ning had dropped all migration deadlines for the time being. NO dates or deadlines are being given out at all for now.
and to clarify you have a year to a year and 1/2 after stage 3 migration tools aree in place so far only stage 1 are
Just a quick question Solael, seeing as we are old aquantances, but if that last comment was meant solely for SE why did you not send him a private message instead of posting it in a public forum..........?
why bother when were all having a conversation right here/
and it wasnt private like revealing deep dark secrets or like personal infdo or any 'oh baby i want you" tyoe stuff it was all perfectky relevent to the discussion she just wanted to adress it to mne in particvular
thats why i miss the reply with quotes of the other forum style cause when u reply and quote someone its clear that yoir replying to them instead of just throwuing yoiur 2 cents into the ring
Well I hope not because I thought you loved me more than her.
Now I'm feeling fragile.
i love everubuddy
even the ppl i dont like very much
even the ppl that scare the hell ouuta me or piss me off
Love is fickle Strumelia "I love you! Let's get married" victim: "HELL YEAH." fickle: "oh, actually... I don't love you. Look at that hot guy, get out of my way!" victim: "I thought you ........etc. etc. ;)
theres many diferent types of love and your taklking more about asttraction and lust when soimeone leaves someobne f9or someine 'hotter" it was always superficial and meanningless t9o begin with..hotness has nothing to do with love atteraction might have a factor in the initial interest but attactions not goying to hold a relationship together
hell i know a woman whos been beatten and nearly killed by every guy shes ever been with.. had boiling water thrown between her legs had her skull fractured right now shes stranfgled nearly weekly and she was actualy dead once and was revived
and often she will say "but hes soi beautiful and has such a big _____" as her excuse foer why she puts up with abuse some of them even say flat out " i wilol murder you if i get the chance" and she says 'i cant leave him i love him hes so goodto me when hes nottrying to kill me and hes only trt=ying to kill me cause i make him mad'
hotness..loooks body parts all that shit has nothing to fdo with love ...an d love doesnt have to be i loveyou lets get marroied but i love and respect you deeply
im straight (not narrow) not interested in guys in anyt way shape or form but say i love you brother to many guys all the tikme and some ofthem are funky assed ugly weirdos but still love em
so when i say i love the hell outta her dont take it as anything sexual or romoantic ..hell i wouldnt have a chancce lol i just mean i really respect her and admire her and ..yea love her forthe amazing operson she is
and wheni meantioned shewas beautiful that was entirely besides the point
Well, I see my attempt to lighten the mood here has just failed miserably, I shall now retire to the corner of the room and sit on the naughty step....sheesh!
I blame Ning myself! ;)
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