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Jorge G.

Full-Stack Developer

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/15/2019

"My experience as a long time Ning user"

4/5

What do you like best about Ning?

Ning has provided a safe-haven for communities since its inception. At first they had a free tier, which was nice and sprouted many communities. After they retired the free tier, many communities chose to stay on Ning opposed to moving to other platforms. I have been part of two communities for a long time.

As an user, Ning provides me with a forum-like space with a vast but focused suite of social features. The granularity which it offers is great, it allows you to limit the audience of posts, which exist in formats such as videos, photos, audio, polls, articles, etc.

It also has integration with social media, so content from a community can be shared to Facebook. This can be a nice way to organize the content curation of a Facebook page, for instance.

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What do you dislike about Ning?

Ning has a lack of variety in themes, while other platforms have themes in abundance, and that might lead some people to choose other platforms over Ning.

I believe the absence of a free tier is off-putting, although the paid tiers have friendly prices at the time of this review. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ning:

If you don`t mind the lack of themes, Ning can be a superior option compared to similar platforms because it merges a CMS platform with a social platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ning solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ning has evolved to be a sort of CMS with social features, and that`s a great thing in times when social content is centralized. A strong solid brand already established in the industry surely gives credibility to the website.

The manager of one of the communities in which i participate is not very computer-savvy. They never had any trouble setting up the community and at a later time the website, so it`s safe to assume that the administrative side of Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.