Did Ning get it right from the start? Their focus has shifted (rightly) from creating applications to creating groups using the same app. Ning still has those

Did Ning get it right from the start? Their focus has shifted (rightly) from creating applications to creating groups using the same app. Ning still has those features, but few people got very far with their "own take on Craigslist" as their original pitch went. It turns out, of course, people want a great successor to Yahoo Groups or EZBoards a lot more.