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WidgetLaboratory Strikes Back At Ning Where It Hurts

Source: TechCrunch

Aug 23, 2008

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Yesterday we reported on Ning’s termination of its most popular premium widget developer, WidgetLaboratory. Ning removed all WidgetLaboratory widgets from its platform without warning, and in doing so broke many of the social networks that had been created by its members. The decision was met with a backlash from the Ning community, as many members had spent hundreds of hours and dollars perfecting their homespun social networks.

Ning says that WidgetLaboratory has broken the platform’s Terms of Service, but refuses to specify what violation it has committed (though we have heard that WL had been warned multiple times). This may be the case, but Ning neglected to warn any of its members that the change was coming, leaving many of its top networks in shambles.

Today, WidgetLaboratory has decided to hit back. The company has written a blog post stating that it is open sourcing all of its widgets, many of which were formerly only available for a monthly fee, to allow users to get their networks back up and running. Users will be free to add, modify, or improv

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