Social Software Building Blocks

When surfing around this morning and trying to get all my email read, I found this post from Gene Smith about Social Software.

A list of building blocks was originally assembled by Matt Webb who was building on a list from Stewart Butterfield The elements are

• Identity: who people are
• Presence: where people are
• Relationships: how are people related
• Conversations: a way to let people communicate through the system
• Groups: a way to self affiliate
• Reputation: the trust factor, a way for the community to give input into how this person interacts in the community good or bad
• Sharing: a way to allow others to see/use/acquire/riff on/etc. artifacts created by the individuals

I find it helpful to think about these building blocks as we continue to evolve our online experiences at Sun for people that interact with us.

  Posted by evoljennifer ( Apr 26 2007, 07:08:50 AM MDT ) Permalink Comments [3]