A relatively "new" term with lots of creative and complex
defintions. Simplest Definition -- software that facilitates
collaboration. Wikipedia Defintion -- Software that enables
people to rendez-vous, connect or colloborate through computer-
mediated communication. MySpace is one of the best known social
software sites, but there are many sites that utilize social
software for a variety of reasons. Social software is about
meeting people, but it is also about sharing information,
opinions and interests. A few examples of Social Software Sites:
- MySpace/Friendster/Facebook/bebo -- online communities for
connecting with friends and meeting new people. - Second Life --
An online society with a 3D world. - YouTube -- a place to
share, rate and comment on videos - Flickr -- a place to share
and talk about photos - Xanga/LiveJournal -- communities of
online diaries and journals - LastFM and LibraryThing -- sharing
music and books (respectively) - del.icio.us -- social
bookmarking (sharing your bookmarks with other