As Ning announced their decision to begin charging for use of their robust network building platform, a thought struck me - is this the beginning of the end for the Freemium model?
I first learned of the Freemium concept in relation to sites like Last.FM and Flickr when I read Chris Anderson's 2008 article in Wired, Free
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To Ning or Not to Ning - that's the question around here. Who has the time to join (or start, for that matter) another social network? I have enough trouble finding time to twitter.
The subject did come up in a marketing meeting the other day and while some of us thought Ning was dead there were others who thought it just might be gearing up to take over as one of the best advertising opportunities out there.
I may just be one of them.