Social networking and social software (21 Apr 2004)

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Social networking and social software (21 Apr 2004)
In the end designing social software will draw upon the disciplines of politics, economics, psychology as much as it will on computer technology. The group may not have built or own the software they use; they are there for one another. Shirky comments in an interview, "The people using your software, even if you own it and pay for it, have rights and will behave as if they have rights. And if you abrogate those rights, you'll hear about it very quickly."

Article URL: http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/upa_voice/volumes/2004/April/socialnetworking.html

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