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I hadn't looked at Ning, a site for building your own social network, since they relaunched to much fanfare a few and a half months ago. Then I got the idea to build a site for my capoeira group in Mumbai, so I gave it another look. Wow! Built the site in less than 15 minutes -- it was as easy as creating a profile on a normal social network site. There were plenty of easy options to do things like add photos, videos, blog posts, and discussion boards, and integrate with Flickr and Youtube.
I ended up deleting the site since there is a large Indian capoeira group on Orkut where everyone's energy is invested -- and it's difficult to get people to switch en masse from something familiar. Not a big deal, since it was so easy to create in the first place. But Orkut! I haven't thought about that site since I set up a lonely profile in 2004 and no one from the entire United States joined me. But when in Rome...er, Mumbai...
Here's a screenshot of the short-lived Capoeira Mumbai site built with Ning:
