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The simplest, common-sense solution (on Ning's part) is to permit multiple email IDs for each account, while giving the user the option to designate one of these IDs as the primary ID.

This is not an original solution (LinkedIn implements something similar), but definitely the most practical one.

Most of the issues we network creators face on Ning could have been easily avoided if the developers at Ning had taken the time to study how similar/competing products were implementing it. LinkedIn is a good place to start, and so is Yahoogroups.

The typical developer response, specially to Yahoogroups, will be something like, "the UI is pathetic!", "so crude", etc.

Who cares!

This, really, is a cultural issue. Is the purpose of the team at Ning writing great and original code, or creating a product that is *genuinely* easy to use, and hence, like. The latter variety, usually, creates "passionate users". And Ning needs them.

Great technology? Or, a great product?

Want to learn even more, and prevent problems (rather than reacting and solving them as each comes up)? All that the developers and the product people at Ning need to do is start trolling the group moderator forums at Yahoogroups. There is 10 years worth of experience buried there, available for anyone who chooses to look. For free.

What matters is, if they are doing something well, learn from them. There is nothing wrong in it. And no less macho. "Talent imitates," said TS Eliot, "but genius steals".

Ning, grow up. Get real.

We need all of the suggestions given so far.

Email (yes, even in this day and age!) is still the primary mode of communication for most people.

And hence, the best way of getting in touch with our network members (for generating and sustaining interest in the network, specially among the not-so-regular users)

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