"Thanks. Could you also link me to where Ning explains why badges are being taken away? I've seen others post about this, but honestly, I just started using the features so not familiar with all the conversations about this. Also, I PM'ed…"

"Hi, How do I assign badges and categories to members? Thanks"

"I copied it and pasted it just as you wrote it so he can decipher it.. it's all hieroglyphics to me.. haha"

"well pretty sure thats what he meant anyway lol "

"SE: bro, thanks so much! this all seemed to be a foreign language to me and I could not get an answer from anybody at Ning on time. You helped me out big time! Hope to be able to return the favor some day soon. Thanks again! Nelson"

"1 k weight theres no standard but best practices are  to keeop the k weight low to load faster no border multiple click tags can be used with an imagemap or flash type banner i bel;ieve its a custom banner not being seved from an ads server…"

"+1 !"

"Yep, what Yaron said - 100%!"

"Incorrect. Somethings are 'white labeled' hence the term 'WHITE LABEL"!"

"That's fine, but the new customers were fine with it and knew what they were getting. If they complained then that's too bad because they agreed to this before joining. My thoughts on how/what else could be done with this; Grandfather…"

"Back to the silly car analogy. Not relevant and misses the point, but like Ning you refuse to see the difference. OK bro, you love the car thing, everyone's seen this explanation. For some white labeling is extremely important and you should…"

"But wordpress and others never sold white labeled and then changed. With them, you knew what you were getting from the get go and THOSE were the ones in "the industry who accept it," not those of us here who bought and built networks with…"

"Anytime!"

"Hi Bernard, Yes, PLEASE make the migration as easy as possible. I'm already getting a little nervous about that one. But, I'll wait to cross that bridge and then decide if I need to worry about it. For the paid / leveled solution, the only…"

"Hi Bernard, I am now almost completely on board.. pricing and all. I agree with you that innovation costs money and the few dollars you guys charge each month is rewarded with great value. At this point I only 2 remaining concerns are white labeling…"

"Hi SE, That sounds cool, but I don't get how this is different than groups? Can you elaborate on why 3.0 facilitates this better? Thanks,Nelson"