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What matters about Social Software

David Weinberger says: if you want to get at the real social networks, you're going to have to figure them out from the paths that actual feet have worn into the actual social carpet.'

So right. The best examples we have today are things likeTechnorati and the Blogstreet neighborhood and All Consuming that

• reveal interesting people and ideas in the social neighborhood
  
• in a way that is valuable to the participants, not just data miners
  
• without asking participants to give anything away or do extra work.

  Here's another way of looking at things. The Social Network tools are about saying hello. Unless you're 18 months old, hello is only .1% of the conversation. Weblogs, wikis, and other public conversations are about the other 99.9% of the conversation. And the Technorati/Blogstreet/AllConsuming applications help you find relevant conversations to join.
  

  Posted by alevin at January 4, 2004 12:46 PM | TrackBack
  
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