Not Ning

So as per the week 3 instructions I went and joined Ning. I'm usually pretty careful about what information I put onto the web and Ning was no different. I use an alias (jnnysmth303) and don't put up my correct birth date. Call me paranoid but I want a little control about what is out there. I only put up full information for the things that are significant to me. So imagine my surprise when I went to edit my profile and found that Ning had changed the data that I had entered on the sign-up form. It had my full name and date of birth, both of which I hadn't entered when I joined. Yeah, sure there was probably something about this in their terms of service, but I still find this an invasion of privacy.

I've deactivated my account and I won't be joining again. Its a shame really because it looked like a nice tool. i think I had enough of a play with it to find out what it was all about. Oh well. Lesson learned - you can't be too careful out there...