List of social software

This is a list of notable social software: selected examples of social software products and services that facilitate a variety of forms of social human contact.

Blogs[]

Clipping[]

Instant messaging[]

Comparison of instant messaging clients
Comparison of XMPP server software
IBM Lotus Sametime
Live Communications Server 2003
Live Communications Server 2005
Microsoft Lync Server

Internet forums[]

Comparison of Internet forum software

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)[]

Internet Relay Chat^[2]^[3]

eLearning[]

Massively multiplayer online games[]

Media sharing[]

Media cataloging[]

Online dating[]

Web directories[]

Social bookmarking[]

Web widgets[]

Websites[]

Enterprise software[]

Altova MetaTeam
IBM Lotus Connections
Jumper 2.0 Enterprise

Social cataloging[]

aNobii
Goodreads
Knowledge Plaza
Librarything^[5]
Readgeek
Shelfari
KartMe

Social citations[]

BibSonomy
CiteULike
Connotea
Jumper 2.0 Enterprise
Knowledge Plaza
Mendeley
refbase
Zotero

Social evolutionary computation[]

Knowledge iN
Quora
Yahoo! Answers

Social login[]

Loginradius

Social networks[]

Social search[]

Jumper 2.0
Knowledge Plaza

Social customer support software[]

Virtual worlds[]

Wikis[]

References[]

^ Rettberg, Jill Walker (2008). Blogging. Digital media and society. Polity. p. 57. ISBN 0-7456-4134-2.
^ Bainbridge, William Sims (October 30, 2004). "Online Education: Social Software". Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction. Vol. 2. Berkshire Publishing Group. p. 517. ISBN 0-9743091-2-5.
^ Gervasi, Osvaldo (September 14, 2007). "A Survey of Revenue Models for Current Generation Social Software's Systems". In Gavrilova, Marina (ed.). Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2007: International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 26–29, 2007. Proceedings, Part III (1st ed.). Springer. p. 725. ISBN 3-540-74482-7.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Niall (2008). Enterprise 2.0: how social software will change the future of work. Gower Publishing, Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 0-566-08800-2.
^ Farkas, Meredith G. (2007). Social software in libraries: building collaboration, communication, and community Online. Information Today, Inc. p. 141. ISBN 1-57387-275-X.

[rettberg2008-1] Rettberg, Jill Walker (2008). Blogging. Digital media and society. Polity. p. 57. ISBN 0-7456-4134-2.

[2] Bainbridge, William Sims (October 30, 2004). "Online Education: Social Software". Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction. Vol. 2. Berkshire Publishing Group. p. 517. ISBN 0-9743091-2-5.

[3] Gervasi, Osvaldo (September 14, 2007). "A Survey of Revenue Models for Current Generation Social Software's Systems". In Gavrilova, Marina (ed.). Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2007: International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 26–29, 2007. Proceedings, Part III (1st ed.). Springer. p. 725. ISBN 3-540-74482-7.

[cook2008-4] Cook, Niall (2008). Enterprise 2.0: how social software will change the future of work. Gower Publishing, Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 0-566-08800-2.

[5] Farkas, Meredith G. (2007). Social software in libraries: building collaboration, communication, and community Online. Information Today, Inc. p. 141. ISBN 1-57387-275-X.

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