Social Networking Site Ning Goes Porn-Free

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:

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.