Userplane has been quiet about the rumor they are being shut down by AOL. However, the writing is on the wall. Ex-Userplane staff have launched Topicfox, which offers Userplane customers white label social networking tools as a drop-in replacement for the beleaguered social applications company’s products and services.
My name is Nick Schneble, and I used to be the senior developer over at Userplane. Before anyone asks, I can’t confirm or deny any shutdown rumors. :-)
I wrote all of the Flex and AIR applications for Userplane, and since leaving I’ve started a new company, Topicfox, with the intent of providing a robust, stable and highly scalable white-label IM solution.
As a result of my many years at Userplane, Topicfox is 100% compatible with existing Userplane WM configurations, and can be imported and converted for use by Topicfox with very little client interaction.
I’m looking to provide a far more hands-on solution than Userplane, with a greater amount of client feedback.
If you have an existing Userplane Webmessenger (IM) setup, and/or you may be interested in a solution customized exactly the way you want, drop me a line!
Looks like White Label Dating is installing Toksta. It will be interesting to see which chat platform (if any) dating sites replace Userplane with.
