Strypey

"Mighty Networks was founded by Gina Bianchini (CEO), Tim Herby (CTO), and Thomas Aaron (Chief Product Officer, or CPO) ... Gina previously launched a platform called Ning in 2007, which gave people a way to create their own social networks ..."

https://docs.mightynetworks.com/for-hosts/meet-mighty/who-founded-mighty-networks

.. and then pulled a classic bait-and-switch, putting up a paywall, and cutting of the communities they'd locked-in to their platform;

https://www.cnet.com/culture/andreessen-founded-ning-cuts-staff-free-service/

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#MightyNetworks #NingingProducts #RugPull

Who Founded Mighty Networks? - Mighty Networks Developer

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Bianchini was no longer CEO of Ning by the time of this rug pull, and may even have been pushed out entirely.

To bootstrap Ning, the founders took Venture Capital money from Marc Andreessen, a well-known technofascist and ally of the PreyPal Mafia (Peter Thief, Melon Husk, etc), who also got involved with FarceBook early on.

Question is, did Bianchini learn the lesson? Hope;

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/whats-new-mighty-networks-raises-50m-to-build-creator-economy-middle-class-f4690ed841

I suggest communities avoid Mighty Networks. Here be dragons ...

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What's New: Mighty Networks raises $50M to build creator economy middle class

*(from the latest issue of the Indie Hackers newsletter)* Creators on the platform retain ownership of their member lists: - **Mighty Networks defines "...

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