Many-to-Many: A Group Blog on Social Software

January 06, 2005

Coates' shorthad definition of social software

Tom glosses himself, coming up with a pithier and more example-driven definition of social software:

Social Software can be loosely defined as software which supports, extends, or derives added value from, human social behaviour - message-boards, musical taste-sharing, photo-sharing, instant messaging, mailing lists, social networking.
Posted by Clay at 5:00 PM
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