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Social software, also known as social apps or social platform includes communications and interactive tools that are often based on the Internet. Communication tools typically handle capturing, storing and presenting communication, usually written but increasingly including audio and video as well. Interactive tools handle mediated interactions between a pair or group of users. They focus on establishing and maintaining a connection among users, facilitating the mechanics of conversation and talk. Social software generally refers to software that makes collaborative behaviour, the organisation and moulding of communities, self-expression, social interaction and feedback possible for individuals. Another element of the existing definition of social software is that it allows for the structured mediation of opinion between people, in a centralized or self-regulating manner. The most improved area for social software is that Web 2.0 applications can all promote co-operation between people and the creation of online communities more than ever before. The opportunities offered by social software are instant connections and opportunities to learn. An additional defining feature of social software is that apart from interaction and collaboration, it aggregates the collective behaviour of its users, allowing not only crowds to learn from an individual but individuals to learn from the crowds as well. Hence, the interactions enabled by social software can be one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Social softwareA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Machine learning software for optimizing SME social media marketing campaignsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: SPSS Survival ManualThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Social Serendipity: Mobilizing Social SoftwareCited 322 times
  5. Go sideways: Social computingA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Online communityA closely related topic

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