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Changes to Ning 3.0 Based on Your Feedback

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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                    • Lightworker (now-n);Any being dedicated to the cultivation of inner presence and the elevation of awareness in self and other selves. This being is called a lightworker and is an evolutionary step toward a state of "LightBeing"

                    • some of the lightworkers i know are also some of tyhe wackiest weirdos i ever met lol but thats what makes them special

                      i just reconnected with an old freind from way back pipemaker

                      we met years ago on a now extinct chat program called powwow

                      on there there was a chat room called medicine spirit lodge , mostly native americans alotta shamans  sundancers u name it it was run by wa ta chee we called her grandma wa

                      it was a spiritual lightworker chat but it was also a nonstop riotois fun time  they were outragiosly funny

                      there i met chief ironbear and thunderhorse  both spirit chiefs and  sundancers ironbear sent me a book called lame deer seeker of vissions by john fire lame deer

                      one of the things i remember most was  how he said his path to becoming a shaman began as a alcaholic criminal thug  because to walk the path of a shaman and teacher you cant be too aloof  you cant be to "better then you' you have to be approachable and relatable  you have to  walk the path of the common man suffer the trials and troubles  of those yoiu atre meant to guide

                      point being lightworkers  maybe wise  teachers but they are just as human just as weird whacky and wonderful as everyone else

                      and they sometimes do odd things that make you wonder

                      i trul,y love that girl though my belieef system may difer  and i dont have much resopect fir many that  clkaim to be of that belief i know hes 1 that  has a pure true heart and i deeply respect it

                      shes pretty damn beautiful too

                      but often beauty is more a curse then assest as people are blinded by it and see  flesh notthe heart within

                      with her however if you saw her yes u could be blinded by the beauty but the moment she spoke .. all youd see was her spirit shining

      • you know i love you so much

        but no ning wiuldnt close as a direct result of negativity your right it rolls off thier backs..but  consumers  are diferent they  look for negativity as a sign of wether to trust a company or not

        the negativity  can drasticly reduce thier income and therefore shut them down from lack of funding..not byu choice but nesescity

        like i said about the tv studio

        1 single person  that didnt get a show picked up called them a scam

        that 1 single person  posted some youtube vids to that effect..and cost them a million dollars

        and thats why he was sued

        from there it snowballed just like you see happening here

        if 1 person can cause a company to lose a million dollars what  affect do you think all the nonsejnc ve here on creatotrs has done toi ning/

        cost them 30..50 100 million?

        no matter the numbers it certainly wouldf have an impact on the speed and ability to  complete features in a timely manor

        if people would chill out and creatotrs get helpful again  it wouldnt solve the problem   too much damage is already done..butit might start to restore some faith and sliwly  get things back on track

        again i love you sooooooo much

        your always 1 of the wisest people here

  • The last I heard we would be forced to migrate to 3.0 this month. Is this true or did they extend it to the end of the year?
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      • I wish i could remember where i saw this, and i dont know if it still holds true but i read a ning staff thing that said everyone had to transfer over roughly 12 months after ning 3 phase one had begun. it said  Ning 3 phase one begun in March 2014.

        So on that account you should be fine until March 2015. But dont quote me on that as they hardly seem to be the most consistent transparent of companies these days and could easily change the goal post mid match..

         

        • I think it was here i got my information from, this is an update and you will see from the heading in yellow that phase one started in march and in the bumf it says at least 12 months from that when you have to migrate,

          https://creators.ning.com/faq/upgrading-to-ning-3

          But dont ask me, the whole things seems more convoluted than ever.. 

          • it was 18 months from when stage 3 was released not stage 1

            they did expect that to take 6 months not a year and 6 months

            • That info is no longer accurate SE, best not to keep posting it.

              • why is it no longer accurate and look whos talking you post inacurate info  constantly

                from my understanding this is still the case although the  18 months isnt set in stone its flexible but thbats the target to have all nin gt sites migrated by a year and 1/2 after stage 3 is released

                ok maybe saying you post inacurate info is not 100% accurate either but you constantlypost misleading info

                like do you remember posting a picture of a ning sign  in thier officve and 1 single dessk visible on the edge anbd implying that ning has downsized to q1 single person but it was just the narrow andle of the photo that showeed only the sign?

                 and today posting  alexa ratings claiming that ning issuddenly "falling off a cliff' despite the fact that the ratings were extremnely good ratings  and had a slight decline for a month but was currently rising not falling/

                how can ning be falling oiff a cliff when its ratings are 20 times better then any of its competitors?

                maybe yoiu should stop constantly posting misleading info thats designed just to make ning look bad

                and heres something you should also concider

                your so worried that nings "planning on closing up shop without notice"

                but whgsat do you do all day every day buyttry to make that happen/

                you realize that  the hundreds and hundreds of negative posts all sayimnjg stuff like nings abandoned us ning is  planning on screwing us etc etcd etcf is driving away would be customers , taking hundreds ofd thousands of dollars away from the development team making it take longer and longer to finish

                and potentialy ultimateky dooming ning toi the fate that you clkaim they are planning

                they dont have to plan it

                its all the negativity that will force it to happen

                its not ning thats abandoning us or closing up shop its you thats abandoning ning and forcing them to close

                a company does not exist  As a stand aloned entity

                a company requires customers clients investors supporters advisers  etc to survive

                every single 1 of the 'nings screwing us' posts takes away supporters  takes away investors takes away customers and ultimatelky dooms the company to failure

                so if ning does indeed faitl it will not be modes fault

                mode put 150 million dollars into ning

                itsnit thier fault ning fails

                its yours youyr taking 150 million away from ning  with the constant complaints

                yes now theres cayse for complaints cause its taken  a year longer then expected

                but your complaints started right from day 1 of the announcements.. when ppl should have nbeen excited

                so it is theoreticly entirely possible that it is your fault that it has taken this long

                and i dont m,ean you and you alone  i mean every one that has constantly  posted about ning planning to close even while they are investing lilliions and months of hard work iknto a new and aaesome platform

                but people read these posts and see nothing but negativity and get scared away and  ning loses money every single day because of it

                now you are damn lucky nings as nice as they are

                i was submitting a tv show idea to a tv studio

                and a few ppl that thier ideas were rejected  started calling the intermediary studio a scam  and posting a ton of negativity just like you that costs them millions

                and they sued them

                ning and mode  could sue so many of you for defirmation of charachter and they would win

                and believe me modes got the lawyers to do that

                you are only hurting ning..wich is hurting you by these constant complaints

                your killing the platform

                now i assume that many of you are stiull here because u stillhave a ning site still believe theres potential or still hope  things wirk out

                but it will be up to you to be more suppirtive in order fir that to be pissible

                and if you no longer believe in ning if you thing they have abandoned u then just shyut up and move on sttop sticking around month after month complaining and just move to an inferior and more expensive platform

                but if u have any hope at all for a future with ning then youare responsible for helping ning succeseeed  by trying to be possitive and  hope that ning gets the customers and backers it needs to finnish 3,0 in a timely manor

                but i have heard ppl say dozens of times that ning has downsized to  2 or 3 ppl theres no development team no engineers no tech support and all thgats left ids some outsourced phone answerers that is simply not true and that kind of talk is sure to doomthe companyt to total collapse and failure wether its true ornot

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