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One month after long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO Jason Rosenthal, the company is making some major changes: It has just announced that it is killing off its free product, forcing existing free networks to either make the change to premium accounts or migrate their networks elsewhere. Rosenthal has also just announced that the company has cut nearly 70 people — over 40% of its staff.

Lithium Technologies, which builds and operates social networks for enterprises, has raised $12 million in venture capital today.

Stenski’s answers have been viewed more than a million times, saving Dell more than $1 million, according to Lithium.

But Lithium has attempted to set itself apart by using game-like motivators such as leaderboards, rewards, reputations and profiles.