Types of social software
Email CC: -- basic, first generation Web 1.0 application
Instant messaging -- one-to-one; communicate with another person over a network; 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 -- one-to-many/many-to-many; allow people to come together online around shared interests or causes; Friendster, Classmates, Orkut
Social Guides -- recommending places to visit in the real world such as coffee shops, restaurants, and wifi hotspots; one-to-many; Cafe Spot, Tagzania
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
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