What is Ning? How to use Ning? Ning friend invites.

[Carol J Case]

Not sure what to put this under??

Rant and Gripe.

How Ning works. On the Ning networks they all linked to one another. If accept friend on one network they will show up on all of your networks if they are a member of that network. When you send out an invite from one ning network it will go out to ALL friends list if you chose that option. With several hundred friends I just choose all. If people don't want to get invites they can remove you as a friend or block messages from you. Also if they go to ning.com and log in and go to settings you can control all your emails. Plus all invites have a link to control your emails.

Now for my gripe. If you get an invite and don't want please go to my page and remove me as a friend. I don't want to have to remember who wants invites and who does not. Or you can tell me and I will remove you as a friend.

I do not think is right for a person who has asked you to be a friend and you accept and then they get an invite from another network from you and they go to moderator and complain you are spamming them and want you kicked out of network and then moderator sending a nasty message to you about spammming and ban you from group. It is not spam if you are on their friend list and have you setting set to accept the messages!!!!!!!!!!!

This is really bothering me and it should not I guess but I don't like being treated like some kind of criminal and being told they are going to contact other ning groups and have me banned.

I get numerous invites everyday form other networks. That is how ning works. I like the invites so I can see what all is out there. Some I join others I do not.

So PLEASE PLEASE if you don't want invites from other networks set up your settitngs not to recieve them or block messages from me or remove me as a friened. I don't want to remember who wants invites ad who does not. If I did try to remember I will probalby forget to uncheck them and then have someone mad at me.

PS When you send out invites from a different ning networks it does go to your email. Not your inbox at ning. Ning sends it to your email not me. I do not have your email address. Just because Ning sends it to your email does not make it spam
This page has some instructions on setting your settings.
http://help.ning.com/cgi-bin/ning.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faq...


This is email settings. You check or uncheck your own personal settings.

This is when you hit invite. It is an invite to network. You see all in this netowork are in grey and say member of network. All others are checked. These are people not in the network (I usually call group but technically are called networks. The networks have groups in them.) All of your ning network friends will be in the list from ALL networks. If do not want invites you need to set your settings.

This is main ning.com where can set your settings also.



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