Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Today has been an active day in the community as people consider alternatives to Ning. An Alternatives to Ning. document has been set up and is being collectively written. Wes Fryer also considers alternatives. Sylvia Curry has a screencast of the document being updated. Meanwhile, ReadWriteWeb almost gloatingly pulls out the there's no free lunch line (which annoys me, as the proposition is demonstrably falsifiable). The Blog Herald is also gleeful: "If you want to stay, you have to pay." Vicki A. Davis observes, "This Ning situation is yet another obstacle that we must overcome because truly, the world isn't Flat." Marc Canter says, "The migration has begun. No wonder Gina never put in Export… she knew it was something that would be needed - eventually." Wired says simply, "Ning fails at free social networking.

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