There are many definitions for SS, but which is meaningful for SME, for Webex? I think SME is focus on looing for people which maybe is knowen by somebody or knowen by something.
I copy some definitions here:
Clay Shirky:"Social software treats triads of people differently than pairs" (on the idea that, polygon-count like, social systems can be broken down to triangles, but no further) or "Social software treats groups as first-class objects in the system.", meaning that IM that only works point-to-point doesn't count, but 3-way or more IM does
Stewart Butterfield :"Social software ... is software that people use to interact with other people, employing some combination of the following five devices: (1) Identity, (2) Presence, (3) Relationships, (4) Conversations, (5) Groups."
I copy some definitions here:
Clay Shirky:"Social software treats triads of people differently than pairs" (on the idea that, polygon-count like, social systems can be broken down to triangles, but no further) or "Social software treats groups as first-class objects in the system.", meaning that IM that only works point-to-point doesn't count, but 3-way or more IM does
Stewart Butterfield :"Social software ... is software that people use to interact with other people, employing some combination of the following five devices: (1) Identity, (2) Presence, (3) Relationships, (4) Conversations, (5) Groups."
