Comments on: OMG, I’ve been booted! Where’s my “Migrate from Ning” survival guide? http://www.skalfa.com/press/omg-ive-been-booted-wheres-my-migrate-from-ning-survival-guide.html Official Skalfa eCommerce information resource Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:10:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: WannaBcntryGy http://www.skalfa.com/press/omg-ive-been-booted-wheres-my-migrate-from-ning-survival-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-226 WannaBcntryGy Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:44:41 +0000 http://www.skalfa.com/press/?p=123#comment-226 I am one of those many displaced Ning Network Creators. I believe that Ning offered a excellent "FREE" network program !! And they did have their share of mistakes ~ But the adult networks also must take blame for continuing to upload videos that had copyrights to them. It pissed me off because I did not allow them on my Networks once the warnings came across the first times,and because of the Networks which chose to Ignore or not keep up with that is why all of us lost our networks. I personally do think it is petty for these Porn companies to cause such big problems for the free advertisement their 100mb clips were getting. I def. went and bought a couple of them myself so that I could view the entire vid on a larger screen !! But they do have that right. I am one of those many displaced Ning Network Creators. I believe that Ning offered a excellent “FREE” network program !! And they did have their share of mistakes ~ But the adult networks also must take blame for continuing to upload videos that had copyrights to them. It pissed me off because I did not allow them on my Networks once the warnings came across the first times,and because of the Networks which chose to Ignore or not keep up with that is why all of us lost our networks. I personally do think it is petty for these Porn companies to cause such big problems for the free advertisement their 100mb clips were getting. I def. went and bought a couple of them myself so that I could view the entire vid on a larger screen !! But they do have that right.

]]> By: Move from Ning…. with care | Skalfa eCommerce Press http://www.skalfa.com/press/omg-ive-been-booted-wheres-my-migrate-from-ning-survival-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-208 Move from Ning…. with care | Skalfa eCommerce Press Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:01:14 +0000 http://www.skalfa.com/press/?p=123#comment-208 [...] been thinking about the situation with Ning shutting down adult social networks on its [...] [...] been thinking about the situation with Ning shutting down adult social networks on its [...]

]]> By: evilgenius http://www.skalfa.com/press/omg-ive-been-booted-wheres-my-migrate-from-ning-survival-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-206 evilgenius Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:13:38 +0000 http://www.skalfa.com/press/?p=123#comment-206 In our opinion, Ning can change its policies any time it wants. The manner of breaking promises without first providing fair and reasonable alternatives or solutions is the issue. When customers have relied on your policy for months or a year and then you switch, it is simply bad business to cut them off with less than four weeks notice and no means to move. Why has Ning failed to provide a simple migration tool BEFORE it raised the issue of deleting adult networks? It is not only possible, but we’ve previously created a tool to do this, and then Ning shut down their public API, killing any such tools. To prove our point, yesterday we created a simple photo migration tool in a matter of a couple hours. To date, Ning is still claiming that they are unable to do the same, even though it is their own platform. Here is a link to the migration tool and a how-to video. http://www.widgetlaboratory.com/members/profile/1/blog-view/lab-ninja—backup-and-migrate-your-ning-photos_64.html WidgetLaboratory is very familiar with Ning’s method of “dealing” with customer relationships by way of obfuscation and finger-pointing. The truth behind the words is often hard to find. Making large profits is fine (great even). But, not at the expense of those who have supported your growth. Given the origin of their name, it’s sad to see that they’ve lost their moral compass and common sense somewhere along the way… Spencer Forman - CEO WidgetLaboratory In our opinion, Ning can change its policies any time it wants. The manner of breaking promises without first providing fair and reasonable alternatives or solutions is the issue.

When customers have relied on your policy for months or a year and then you switch, it is simply bad business to cut them off with less than four weeks notice and no means to move.

Why has Ning failed to provide a simple migration tool BEFORE it raised the issue of deleting adult networks? It is not only possible, but we’ve previously created a tool to do this, and then Ning shut down their public API, killing any such tools.

To prove our point, yesterday we created a simple photo migration tool in a matter of a couple hours. To date, Ning is still claiming that they are unable to do the same, even though it is their own platform.

Here is a link to the migration tool and a how-to video.

http://www.widgetlaboratory.com/members/profile/1/blog-view/lab-ninja—backup-and-migrate-your-ning-photos_64.html

WidgetLaboratory is very familiar with Ning’s method of “dealing” with customer relationships by way of obfuscation and finger-pointing. The truth behind the words is often hard to find.

Making large profits is fine (great even). But, not at the expense of those who have supported your growth. Given the origin of their name, it’s sad to see that they’ve lost their moral compass and common sense somewhere along the way…

Spencer Forman – CEO WidgetLaboratory

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