http://scobleizer.disqus.com/Tech enthusiast, video blogger, media innovator, fanatical about startups at Rackspace, home of fanatical support for Internet entrepreneurs.enThu, 12 Jul 2007 22:26:23 -0000http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/10/bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning/#comment-9685622<p>The greater the number of social networking sites (assuming they don't cross communicate any better than they do now) the less useful all of them will be.</p><p>If Ning, or some consortium of existing social network sites could make all such things cross-communicate, then you could pick the one or more that you want to most frequently interact with (let's say your old school for example) and still have a "presence" in the others.</p><p>Ning makes this possible, of course the possibility isn't realized until Myspace, Facebook and all the others become Ning driven (no I don't expect that to happen). But Ning DOES have the potential to make further development of specialized social networks unnecessary. I think that potential may be behind the optimistic valuation (having a very famous founder doesn't hurt either).</p>macbeachThu, 12 Jul 2007 22:26:23 -0000http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/10/bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning/#comment-9685616<p>Maybe I'm just stupid but I just don't get it. Then again I didn't get Twitter either when it was first released to the public.<br>I want to know 2 things, will it better my chances with the opposite sex, and will it further my career opportunities.</p>MonkeyMagic698Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:19:35 -0000http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/10/bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning/#comment-9685621<p>I just started a Ning site for a project and it works well. A social network of 24 people. Awesome.</p><p>At least the bandwidth will be there, one would hope.</p>Eric RiceWed, 11 Jul 2007 01:09:19 -0000http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/10/bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning/#comment-9685617<p>What could they possibly spend $44 million on???</p><p>As if it isn't hard enough to find good technical help already, now they're going to suck up every halfway decent geek and his dog.</p>Dawn DouglassTue, 10 Jul 2007 21:48:59 -0000http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/10/bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning/#comment-9685620<p>Jeremiah: 60 companies tells me that it is a big market with even bigger potential</p><p>you should be worried (or curious) when $44M gets invested into a space that nobody cares about</p>Nik CubrilovicTue, 10 Jul 2007 20:54:59 -0000http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/10/bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning/#comment-9685619<p>Thanks for the great post title, Robert. Made me laugh.</p>Frank SintonTue, 10 Jul 2007 19:01:54 -0000http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/10/bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning-bubble-ning/#comment-9685618<p>How do we know it's a bubble? because there are 60 other companies with the same business model.</p><p>See this list of "White label social networking" sites</p><p><a href="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/02/12/list-of-white-label-social-networking-platforms/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/02/12/list-of-white-label-social-networking-platforms/">http://www.web-strategist.c...</a></p>Jeremiah OwyangTue, 10 Jul 2007 18:50:46 -0000