For a little over a year now, Ning.com, one of the first and most prolific niche-social networking sites, has built a reputation of being overrun with porn networks. At one point earlier this year, it was reported that 8 of the top 10 Ning subdomains was porn-related.
All of that changes with the start of the new year. Ning announced that in 1 month, they will no longer be supporting their "Red Light District" that houses the majority of the porn. This post on their blog explains it all:
Therefore, the decision we’re announcing today to discontinue our Red Light District is a tough one. However, from a practical perspective, this difficult decision is the right one.
While diversity and freedom of speech are important, there are plenty of venues on the Internet for adult content. This move demonstrates an understanding that having a strong, clean name on the Internet is possibly more effective than catering to pornography.


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