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Part I: An Overview of Ning
Join and participate in social networks
In Chapter 2, I give you the details of finding and joining networks. When you
find a network you like and join it, you can start participating in the social
network. For example, you can
✓ Give your profile page all the personality that you want.
✓ Maintain a blog.
✓ Leave comments to other members.
✓ Post videos from a recent activity or event.
✓ Participate in the discussion topics in a forum.
✓ Organize events and meet-ups with other members.
✓ Chat with others about topics of common interest.
✓ Create and join regional groups.
Before you dash off to start socializing on Ning, you might want to check out
the next section, where I give you a full tour of the Ning Activity Feed.
Getting Around Ning
Your Ning Activity Feed is packed with information and navigation links.
Everything you need to get around Ning is right there. All that information
coming at you can be confusing, so in the following sections, I break down
each bit of the Activity Feed and then describe each link that appears in the
navigation bar across the top.
Exploring your Ning Activity Feed
Your Ning Activity Feed gives you lots of territory to explore: Through it, you
can manage your participation in networks you’re a member of and keep a
tab on networks you created. Through it, you can also find out about networks you could benefit from joining. Take a look at some of it in Figure 1-5.
Status
Starting at the top, you can update your status, much you like you can do on
Facebook or MySpace. This status not only appears on your Ning Activity
Feed, but also gets updated in every network on Ning you belong to. As
explained in Chapter 5, you can also update your status on a network-bynetwork basis.