Comments on: Ning – roll your own social network http://www.devost.net/2008/08/06/ning-roll-your-own-social-network/ Technology, Security...Obscurity Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MGD http://www.devost.net/2008/08/06/ning-roll-your-own-social-network/#comment-70824 MGD Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:54:40 +0000 http://blog.devost.net/?p=484#comment-70824 Here is the TechCrunch article http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/24/dont-post-the-evidence-unless-it-supports-your-case/ Here is the TechCrunch article

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/24/dont-post-the-evidence-unless-it-supports-your-case/

]]> By: Administrator http://www.devost.net/2008/08/06/ning-roll-your-own-social-network/#comment-70807 Administrator Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:50:22 +0000 http://blog.devost.net/?p=484#comment-70807 There is a new post on this issue at TechCrunch today. It looks like Ning gave them fair warning to stop some of their credential harvesting activities and only shut them out after extensive dialogue and several warnings. There is a new post on this issue at TechCrunch today. It looks like Ning gave them fair warning to stop some of their credential harvesting activities and only shut them out after extensive dialogue and several warnings.

]]> By: Bob Stratton http://www.devost.net/2008/08/06/ning-roll-your-own-social-network/#comment-70753 Bob Stratton Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:46:44 +0000 http://blog.devost.net/?p=484#comment-70753 I gather Ning has really made it easy to set up community-of-interest sites. One interesting development is that WidgetLaboratory, another firm creating a plethora of tools that Ning users seemed to find all but critical to building the sites they wanted, was just shut down hard by Ning. http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/ning-asserts-itself-will-users-suffer.html Apparently they had been operating with the knowledge (and consent?) of Ning, and are distressed at what seems to have been a pre-emptive shutout with no warning. It wasn't all that long ago that sites were claiming the ability to dictate how others would link to them from outside. I had hoped in the Web 2.0 world that things like have settled down a bit. I don't claim to have insight in the machinations between these companies, but WidgetLaboratory is publishing their email trail with Ning. This one will be interesting to watch. I gather Ning has really made it easy to set up community-of-interest sites. One interesting development is that WidgetLaboratory, another firm creating a plethora of tools that Ning users seemed to find all but critical to building the sites they wanted, was just shut down hard by Ning.

http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/ning-asserts-itself-will-users-suffer.html

Apparently they had been operating with the knowledge (and consent?) of Ning, and are distressed at what seems to have been a pre-emptive shutout with no warning.

It wasn’t all that long ago that sites were claiming the ability to dictate how others would link to them from outside. I had hoped in the Web 2.0 world that things like have settled down a bit.

I don’t claim to have insight in the machinations between these companies, but WidgetLaboratory is publishing their email trail with Ning. This one will be interesting to watch.

]]> By: Bob Stratton http://www.devost.net/2008/08/06/ning-roll-your-own-social-network/#comment-70752 Bob Stratton Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:42:33 +0000 http://blog.devost.net/?p=484#comment-70752 Ning is an interesting model, but there's a little turmoil in that camp. Apparently another firm evolved to provide "widgets" for Ning sites that became all but critical to many users' presences, and Ning recently pre-emptively shut them out hard. http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/ning-asserts-itself-will-users-suffer.html The impression I had was that they were doing so with the full knowledge and consent of Ning. WidgetLaboratory has now made all of their code open source and is publishing their email threads with Ning. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the Web 2.0 world. It wasn't all that long ago that companies were claiming the right to tell you how to link to them from other pages... Ning is an interesting model, but there’s a little turmoil in that camp. Apparently another firm evolved to provide “widgets” for Ning sites that became all but critical to many users’ presences, and Ning recently pre-emptively shut them out hard.

http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/ning-asserts-itself-will-users-suffer.html

The impression I had was that they were doing so with the full knowledge and consent of Ning. WidgetLaboratory has now made all of their code open source and is publishing their email threads with Ning.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the Web 2.0 world. It wasn’t all that long ago that companies were claiming the right to tell you how to link to them from other pages…

]]> By: Open Source Economies | inc.ubators http://www.devost.net/2008/08/06/ning-roll-your-own-social-network/#comment-67284 Open Source Economies | inc.ubators Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:44:01 +0000 http://blog.devost.net/?p=484#comment-67284 [...] Ning - roll your own social network [...] [...] Ning – roll your own social network [...]

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