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!
From Marc Canter’s blog…
Alec Matusis has been spidering his Friendster accounts and has come up with a nice table of the Top 40 Friendster hubs. Watch their accounts be turned off – as Jonathan Abrams et al – do their thang.
Fu@!k Friendster is the latest Village Voice article about Friendster. Although the last one was nothing but positive, this one suggests that all is not well in wonderland, referencing the fakester genocide once again. The article references all of the Gawker blogging as well as pointing to alternative social network sites and Fallen, a graveyard for fallen Friendsters.
Even if he calls me obsessive, Ryan’s posting on Real Life Friendster Power Games is quite entertaining. He considers the impact of Friendster discussions in RL situations where guilt, social banishment and attitude are all critical to indicating prowess wrt Friendster.
The articulated nature of Friendster generates serious political issues around social relationships. Determining where the cutoff is in a social hierarchy is challenging, but one’s decisions around this issue reflect one’s demeanor and presumed self-importance. Depending on the poignance of Friendster in certain groups, hierarchy tension is increased through the power playes regarding Friendster.