List of social software

Last updated February 12, 2025

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

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

Social cataloging

Social citations

Social evolutionary computation

Knowledge iN
Quora
Yahoo! Answers

Social login

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 978-0-7456-4134-8.
↑ 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 978-3-540-74482-5.
1 2 Cook, Niall (2008). Enterprise 2.0: how social software will change the future of work . Gower Publishing, Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-566-08800-1.
↑ Farkas, Meredith G. (2007). Social software in libraries: building collaboration, communication, and community Online. Information Today, Inc. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-57387-275-1.

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[rettberg2008-1] Rettberg, Jill Walker (2008). Blogging . Digital media and society. Polity. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7456-4134-8.

[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 978-3-540-74482-5.

[cook2008-4] 1 2 Cook, Niall (2008). Enterprise 2.0: how social software will change the future of work . Gower Publishing, Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-566-08800-1.

[5] Farkas, Meredith G. (2007). Social software in libraries: building collaboration, communication, and community Online. Information Today, Inc. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-57387-275-1.

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