CNET News' editor in chief Dan Farber posts in his blog, "Outside the Lines", his analysis of a talk by Ning's co-founder and CEO, Gina Bianchini:

Ning closes in on 500,000 social networks
Ning co-founder and CEO Gina Bianchini started off her keynote speech at the MIT Emerging Technology Conference by describing Ning as the social network you've never heard of.

Unlike Facebook, which is more of a beehive with 100 million members buzzing around, Ning allows individuals and groups to create their own social networks...read more