I was part of a team that created a similar platform years ago. We knew, even before we launched, that it could be an enabler for evil as easily as it could be

I was part of a team that created a similar platform years ago. We knew, even before we launched, that it could be an enabler for evil as easily as it could be an enabler for good. Private social nets are as useful to neo-nazis as they are to parents of children who are terminally ill. And it wouldn't hurt if someone from Ning would acknowledge that instead of making Ningland sound like the land of milk and honey where sugar ferries dance on-top-of candy coated clouds. When our service was finally shut down by the company that acquired us, our users we generating 20 million+ page views per day (back in the year 2000 no less) and I can tell you one thing for sure: most of those page views were not generated by church groups, little league clubs, fans of pop singers, or people wanting to change the world in a positive way. The amount of spin going on around Ning these days has my head spinning!