The latest Ning release contains a feature I really like: the facebook-like feed on members' pages of all the stuff they have been up to.
Not only is this great for keeping tabs on your friends' latest discussions, photos and group activity at a glance, it's also great for me as a moderator.
This is because I can get a good overview of someone from their feed. If someone has made several hostile posts, I can see it. It's also a lot more obvious if someone has turned off their feed. Usually this means they are up to no good!
I can also use my feed to communicate to members what kind of a person I am. A lot of teens get scared of moderators, but if they can see a feed where I'm just going about my harmless daily moderatin', they can see I'm not a scary person.
I've had a total of two complaints about this feed and I've directed people to the settings page where they can turn aspects of it off. I have to say that the people who were complaining were people who had been bitching about other members behind their backs and got found out. Perhaps it will make them behave!
I even like the "weird icons" the other network creators have been complaining about.
Improvement suggestions:
A page for friends' feeds, and the ability to select which friends appear on it. Please!
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