Ning Launches new chat features.

Tonight: Ning will be introducing some new chat functions, giving Ning administrators the ability to integrate a rich chat environment for their users. Ning’s new chat system is flash-based, allowing users to have a chat bar along the bottom of the screen. Users have the ability to chat through an interface at the bottom of the screen, or can pop-out their chats into a new windows. Although the interface will remain consistant through out each netowork, users are not able to chat with users out side of the current network they are on.

Putting Ning’s growth in chat aside, Ning has been posting really impressive stats recently, they have grown to 4.8 million uniques in january ( 368% growth year over year) even though they recenty banned pornography networks, and we all know porn used to be the most sought out thing online, until recently when social networks passed it up!