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definition of social software

definition of social software by The Devil’s Dictionary:

social software, noun

Any arbitrary collection of algorithms, protocols and metadata that allows friendless agoraphobics to pretend otherwise.

“I’m having trouble deciding which node in my social software network I’m going to ask to the e-prom.

!ROFL!

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This entry was posted in social software on August 15, 2003 by zephoria.

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My name is danah boyd and I'm the Geri Gay Professor of Communication at Cornell University and the founder of Data & Society. I use this blog to express random thoughts about whatever I'm thinking.

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