Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Hey Guys,
As we begin to get deeper into jungle that is Ning Networks let's start with a demographic that's really taken advantage of the web 2.0 apps, musicians. Mostly known for infesting Myspace, Purevolume, and ReverbNation battling for users ears now some of them are creating whole networks for themselves.
The two biggest Ning hosted ones are probably:
Thisis50cent.com - With over 10,000 members this is a social network for famed Rapper 50 cent to promote anything... and he does. Very Very active and content rich.
Waste-Central.com - Radiohead who've been leading the pack into the next generation of music distribution and monetization have created their own awkward looking but active ning network. Since there is no event feature in Ning, they have cleverly turned the groups feature into a way to list their concerts by creating groups around each tour date. Clever work around.
Sometimes a whole network from one music act isn't called for, so even record labels are starting their own social networks.
Aqua-Records - Record Label out of Japan really well done network but sadly I took japanese 4 years ago and don't remember almost anything.
Volume I Records - This is a record label out of brazil with some fun acts that has a newer but good looking network.
That's the run down on a small taste of the variety of web 2.0 experiences you can have in the Ningverse!!!
- Alex Merced