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The Debate about Social Software

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-buzz-on dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Is "social software" the new overhyped buzzword? In an article for the Guardian, Jack Schofield says yes. On the contrary, in Historical Roots of Social Software, Howard Rheingold offers insights about this new phenomenon. And in this Tech Central Station article, Arnold Kling agrees with Rheingold. He thinks that social software is likely to the basis of what could be the next "killer app." Kling says that with social software, the interaction is no longer between you and your computer, but between the groups you belong to and networks of computers. In order to explain the issues, King studies three types of problems that this new kind of software might solve: the matching problem, the issue-resolution problem, and the classroom-management problem. So, is social software hype or reality?"

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  1. Microsoft spokesman states... by marsonist · · Score: -1, Troll
    Microsoft is already in the process of squashing this new software trend with one of its own... Microsoft's anti-social software.

    As I think about it... that's nothing new for Microsoft

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