Ning , Ning Inc. , Ning.com
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Palo Alto California
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Ning , Ning Inc., Ning.com Members Data Theft, Constant Spam, Hold's Site Data and Files Hostage Palo Alto California
1Author
0Consumer
0Employee/Owner
Ning holds themselves out as a platform in which anyone can create their own social network. They've advertised that member data belongs to the network creators, that they don't police the content on sites using the service because they "Believe in freedom." that we can have access to our sites files, content, and code. All of these assertions are LIES.
Since signing up and creating a ning network in 2007, i've seen each and every one of these policies reversed. I, the network creator and owner of my site, can not access my own sites FILES. Ning blocks all access. I've witnessed thousands of social networks victimized by Ning when they decided to shut down networks who's content they deemed to be adult, costing countless amounts of money and time.
Ning recently decided to form Ning.com, a competing social network site which is completely furnished with members they "Borrowed" from all of the websites who use the ning platform. YOU may have a profile on Ning.com and not even know it. If you joined a site which uses Ning, your profile data, along with all of the social networking sites you belong to are publicly available! Ning also allows "Cross-Network Invites" which means anyone can join my site, gather as many friends as possible and can invite them all to join their ning-run website. These invites are sent directly to my users email inbox!!! My site is BOMBARDED by spam invites which has caused my reputation great harm.
Now, the kicker- If you want to leave Ning, YOU CAN'T! Well, YOU can but your members and their data stay with Ning and will continue to show on Ning.com. Ning only provides a .csv file with members name and profile info for us to export ..though they've advertised that we can take our site data anytime we want, we can NOT have our members avators, photos, videos, forum, blog posts, etc. Being a client of Ning has cost me GREATLY.
My site is being held hostage. If I stay, I continue to compromise my sites member data, sharing it with ning, and allow the bombardment of spam emails to continue. If I leave, I will loose all of my member data, while Ning keeps them all!!! EVERYTHING I've just written is true, and can easily be verified by simple google searches. I am willing to provide all of the proof to anyone who wishes.
No_ning
new york, New York
U.S.A.
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Updates & Rebuttals
#1
AUTHOR: Consumer Advocate - St. Augustine (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, August 31, 2009
POSTED: Monday, August 31, 2009
I agree with 100% of this complaint. The facts asserted are absolutely true and correct. I know first hand. I am also a victim of the ning scam.
I spent some $80,000 and thousands of hours building what I was promised would be "my" networks." ning has essentially stolen my members, my content, my access to the files, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
I now have several worthless sites that ning has fully exploited for nings' gain.
You can find tons of similar complaints and info on how ning apparently planned this whole very clever scam all along at:
http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/03/ning-exposed-tech-company-ning-scams-its-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-9418
ning has charged me for removing ning branding, yet continued to keep the ning brand on my site, not to mention tell thousands of my members all about ning with the ning.com racket they started earlier this year, so they could benefit financially from all my thousands of hours of work, and a ton of my money, and all of my members.
Anyone interested in suing ning? I am positively going to recover my losses. I did not go to work (spend $80,000 + thousands of hours of time since 2007) for ning. Maybe they think I did, but my lawsuit will clarify all that for marc and gina at ning.
Contact me if you wish to become involved. I am moving forward v. ning, for sure.
#2
AUTHOR: Consumer Advocate - St. Augustine (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, August 31, 2009
POSTED: Monday, August 31, 2009
I agree with 100% of this complaint. The facts asserted are absolutely true and correct. I know first hand. I am also a victim of the ning scam.
I spent some $80,000 and thousands of hours building what I was promised would be "my" networks." ning has essentially stolen my members, my content, my access to the files, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
I now have several worthless sites that ning has fully exploited for nings' gain.
You can find tons of similar complaints and info on how ning apparently planned this whole very clever scam all along at:
http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/03/ning-exposed-tech-company-ning-scams-its-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-9418
ning has charged me for removing ning branding, yet continued to keep the ning brand on my site, not to mention tell thousands of my members all about ning with the ning.com racket they started earlier this year, so they could benefit financially from all my thousands of hours of work, and a ton of my money, and all of my members.
Anyone interested in suing ning? I am positively going to recover my losses. I did not go to work (spend $80,000 + thousands of hours of time since 2007) for ning. Maybe they think I did, but my lawsuit will clarify all that for marc and gina at ning.
Contact me if you wish to become involved. I am moving forward v. ning, for sure.
#3
AUTHOR: david - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 01, 2009
POSTED: Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Have you tried contacting Ning? I wrote to their help and they gave me all my network content.
#4
AUTHOR: Consumer Advocate - St. Augustine (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, September 06, 2009
POSTED: Sunday, September 06, 2009
ROFLMFAO! Nice try! Oh sure they did "David", a/k/a ning shill. as you are well aware, neither you, or single ning Network Creator who was scammed to hell and back by ning, has ever had their network "given" or provided to them.
Further, as you know: the issue with the ning SCAM is exponentially larger than merely getting the ning-hijacked network code so we can leave.
Read the REAL ning story here:
Ning Exposed - Tech Company Ning Scams its Clients | Charting Stocks
#5
AUTHOR: Consumer Advocate - St. Augustine (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, September 06, 2009
POSTED: Sunday, September 06, 2009
ROFLMFAO! Nice try! Oh sure they did "David", a/k/a ning shill. as you are well aware, neither you, or single ning Network Creator who was scammed to hell and back by ning, has ever had their network "given" or provided to them.
Further, as you know: the issue with the ning SCAM is exponentially larger than merely getting the coed and content to the thousands of ning-hijacked networks, so we can leave.
Read the REAL ning story and exactly how ning schemed to burn and R-I-P O-F-F thousands of Network Creators here:
Ning Exposed - Tech Company Ning Scams its Clients | Charting Stocks
