Types of social software
Email CC: -- basic, first generation Web 1.0 application
Instant messaging -- one-to-one; AOL Instant Messenger; Yahoo! Messenger, SMS
Internet Relay Chat -- one-to-many/many-to-many; virtual meeting rooms; chat rooms
Internet Forums -- one-to-many; bulletin boards, discussion board; news groups, listservs, Yahoo! Groups
Blogs or Weblogs -- one-to-many/many-to-many; online journals, trackback; Blogger, EduBlogs, Elgg
Wikis -- one-tomany/many-to-many; online database; quick; open editing; Wikipedia, PSU Wiki Portal
Social Network Services
Social Network Search Engines
Social Guides
Social Bookmarking
Social Citations
Social Libraries
Social Shopping Applications
Peer-to-Peer Social Networks
FOAF
Collaborative Real-Time Editing
Virtual Presence
Virtual Worlds and Massively-Multiplayer Online Games
Free Software
Proprietary Software
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