Social software
Social software - service for online communication between two or more users. A social software therefore gathers a community of users who meet frequently on the infrastructure of the service. [1]
Examples
Type of social software | Popular representatives[1] |
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Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail | |
instant messaging | IRC, ICQ, Skype, Web-chat |
discussion board | news group, mailing list, bulletin board |
comment board | guestbook, reviews at Amazon |
blog | Blogger, Wordpress.com, Blog.com |
wiki | Wikipedia, Citizendium, Wikia |
social network | Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace |
media file sharing | YouTube, Flickr, sevenload |
virtual world | Second Life, World of Warcraft, Eve |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia Vandalism - Web Technology and Information Systems