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We've helped thousands of users across the globe to create their own social networks and stay connected with the world.</p> <p class="text__content">NING has come a long way to offer clients a comprehensive SaaS platform with a wide range of useful features and customization tools.</p> <p class="text__content">Incepted in 2004 in California, USA, NING has been involved in online community building for over a decade which makes it a go-to expert in the industry.</p> <p class="text__content">We are a team of hardworking and enthusiastic people who spare no time and efforts to make your favorite community builder better, faster, and easier to work with.</p> </div> <div class="about-block__img"></div> </div> <div class="about-block__list"> <div class="about-block__list__item"> <div class="list__subtitle">180+</div> <div class="list__text">countries and regions worldwide use Ning</div> </div> <div class="about-block__list__item"> <div class="list__subtitle"><span>21 K</span></div> <div 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The idea of creating a service that would enable users to build their own social networks finally takes shape in code.</p></div> </div> <div id="text2" class="timeline__description__item" style="display: none;"> <div class="text__column"><p>NING becomes publically available as a free open source community building platform. It starts to gain momentum with just 20+ simple social applications and ends up with 40,000 just in 16 months.</p></div> </div> <div id="text3" class="timeline__description__item" style="display: none;"> <div class="text__column"><p>NING marches forward catching attention of more and more people around the world. Over 1,000,0000 NING networks are created by the end of that year.</p></div> </div> <div id="text4" class="timeline__description__item" style="display: none;"> <div class="text__column"><p>NING is purchased by Mode Media. It undergoes major changes both in structure and methods of operation offering the first paid subscription plan. 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