Today marks the one month anniversary of when I first signed up for a Ning account and started to build this site. We've not been operating for quite a month yet - there was a few days of figuring things out, then a brief period of 'beta testing' before the site went live on October 24th.
But this is the month anniversary since 'sign up'. I know this because this is the point at which the site starts to cost money - previously we have been on a one month free trial. And the payment was taken today....yikes!
It's still a bit unclear whether this site is going to make it in the longer term. Site activity continues to bump along at a fairly moribund level - although, paradoxically, the numbers of people coming to the site is still high. That's a cause for concern, because lots of non-contributing visitors suggests an attitude of 'I want to read other people's content' that doesn't really work on a social site.
So we'll have to see how things go. If levels of activity in things like Groups, Forums and Blogs picks up then we should be fine. I've recently opened up Forums to everyone so that provides more opportunities for contributing, but the Groups have - in the most part - really slowed down this week. And we're getting very little added to the Photos, Videos and Q&A, as compared to pre-release.
Anyway, we are definitely here for another month at least! Beyond that? Well, a decision will need to be made. There'll definitely be a further slowdown over Christmas and New Year, so that's something to bear in mind. And the domain name is due for renewal in January anyway, so that will something else to consider.
So, we will see what we will see
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Posts will increase once people have got over the euphoria of the release, and want to psot their ideas and what has happened to them.
I think many are waiting to g... more