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Feature modification was temporarily disabled on October 21, 2008. [12] The company will replace full source control
with the ability to bring in new features or change the logic of existing features via OpenSocial and a set of new
[12] [13]
APIs to be relaunched in early 2009.
Ning has both free and paid options. When someone creates a social network on Ning, it is free by default and runs
ads that Ning controls. If the person creating the social network chooses, they can pay to control the ads (or lack
thereof), in exchange for a monthly fee. A few other premium services such as extra storage and bandwidth and
non-Ning URLs are also available for additional monthly fees.
Ning has also been used by educators in S-GI to conduct a book study on Curriculum Mapping. Many educators,
including Latin and Greek teachers, [14] are using Ning for developing educational resources.
Ning launched support for OpenSocial APIs that Google announced in the summer of 2008. Developers will be able
to run OpenSocial gadgets within their networks. [15]
The social networks running on Ning's service are programmed with PHP and the platform itself is built in Java. [16]
In November 2008, Ning announced a partnership with Scripts4Ning, integrating the developer's products directly
into Ning and offering them for free. [17]
Ning network administrators can select from options that govern various levels of viewability and membership. Ning
networks are subject to COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) regulations.
Ning added an iPhone interface in March 2009, [18] then made networks more compatible with mobile phones in
August 2009. [19]
Controversies
Banning of third-party provider
In August 2008, Ning removed Widget Laboratory (the largest third
party provider of plugin enhancements to Ning at the time) from Ning,
preventing use of any of their tools across Ning networks. This dispute
was hotly debated in response to an article in TechCrunch. [20]
Removal of adult networks
In December 2008, Ning announced that it would no longer host adult
networks. [21] Adult network owners were given just over a month to
move their adult content to another provider. The reasons cited for
removing adult networks from the platform were that they did not
cover the costs of providing them and that they created a
disproportionate amount of DMCA takedown notices for copyright
infringing material.
Removal of search function
In November 2009, The search feature of Ning was removed; this
Ning's email on removing free networks
change significantly limits the ability to find existing Ning networks [22] . The search function was restored on March
29, 2010 [23] [24] .