I have been struggling with groups in Facebook. Struggling in terms of they are a great idea which were ’struggling’ to work. I was even more disappointed to learn that I could transfer my group to a Facebook page earlier this year. So I was intrigued to see the latest evolving changes to groups which seem to make so much sense
Facebook describes Giving Groups a Stronger Voice which is summarised as

Revamping the design for Groups so that they look similar to other parts of the site such as profiles and Pages-groups will now have a Wall that summarizes all the …read more

Last week Ning achieved the milestone of having 1,000,000 social networks which quite literally surprised me. Ning has fallen into the background with the emergence of Facebook groups, Friendfeed and of course at a different level Twitter. Though I have to say I wonder how many of them are fully active?
For anyone who wants to quickly put together a quick social networking platform then Ning is a great option. Twitter Moms and Mugglespace for Harry Potter fans are examples of how you can grow a thriving community.
Ning is worth checking out not only if you are looking at creating a …read more