Social software

Social software is any software that supports group communications. The dynamics of social software are significantly different from traditional interactions. The social organization of cyberspace remains a poorly studied topic.

Table of contents

1 Examples 1.1 Internet Relay Chat 1.2 Message boards 1.3 Blogs 1.4 Wiki 1.5 Social networks 2 See also 3 External Links 4 Software 5 Commercial Software

Examples

Internet Relay Chat

Examples include dalnet, undernet, efnet.

Message boards

Examples include ezboard.com, freerepublic.com.

Blogs

Examples include Slashdot.

Wiki

Examples include Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource.

Social networks

Examples include Orkut, Friendster. See

See also

• Debian
• Usenet
• Wikipedia's implied constitution

External Links

• A Group is its Own Worst Enemy and Social Software and the Politics of Groups by Clay Shirky. Published on the "Networks, Economics, and Culture" mailing list.
• Many-to-Many: a group weblog on Social Software
• Social Software Alliance: Wiki on Social Software taskforces

Software

• Wiki software

Commercial Software

• Socialtext Enterprise Social Software
• Groove
• IBM's Lotus