Finally! What a terrible service. Apple was a fail in this area. It sucks. 

Still more useful than Google+

Do you mean iTunes 11?

I really didn't care for it.  Didn't use it all that much.

I wanted to like Ping, and tried to sign up for it. But it did not allow me to have a completely private profile. That was it for me. Someone didn't think this one through.

NOOOOO!

I have 10x as much interest in Ping as I have in Facebook. Which is to say: none at all. (But for those who used it, I sympathize about the loss.)

What a bummer!  I found quite a bit of new music through Ping.  It was also an easy place to keep up to date with my friends Playlists.

So it has a low user base, all that means is that Apple needed to improve it.  Open it up to everything in the iTunes Store, link it to iCloud and display users latest played songs, offer stats that you could post and share, etc.  There was a lot of potential.  Bummer that it was never fully taken advantage of.
 

Originally Posted by DustinLH00 
Do you mean iTunes 11?

No, they mean 10.7. We don't even know if the next one is 11.

I learned what Ping would do & I liked it. I was able to follow my favorite artists, 'like' & rate the songs & read reviews. I was able to tailor the experience to exactly the way I wanted it. Many of the artists I like kept their accounts current, vital & active. I submitted recommendations on what could have been improved. I believe Ping could have been improved & made quite relevant, had someone at Apple had the vision & permission to see it through, tweaking it with customer feedback. I have invested hundreds of hours there over the years & enjoyed the experience, all to soon be wiped away.

Once again, "Thanks Apple. Thanks Alot!"