Talk:List of social software

message: The article Social bookmarking contained a large list of social bookmarking services. I moved them all here, as I believe this article is a more appropriate place for such a list. Their insertion here is by no means an assertion on my part regarding their value; please feel free to trim the list as needed. I moved them here solely to get them out of the social bookmarking article. --AbsolutDan (talk) 15:20, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The list of Social Bookmarking sites is a very diverse list. I've deleted Bloglines and Netscape. Bloglines as a news reader, or Aggregator, does facilitate a form of social human contact via an online service, however if it were to be considered a bookmarking service, then the list ought to be subdivided to include social news aggregation sharing services, or something similar. Netscape is more known as a social news site. Again this is a form of social news aggregation, not Social bookmarking in general. I also believe that Newsvine ought to be removed from this list as it too is more news aggregation than bookmarking. Digg borders social bookmarking with a community popularity website. --Veeliam 21:20, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we have any reliable sources that state or list what is a social bookmarking site and what is a social news site? That would be a very useful thing to find and cite, both for this article and the social bookmarking article. Dreamyshade 09:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to say that the name of this document needs to change as it is misleading and should be named as "List of Social Sites" and not Software.  It is currently misleading and I ended up on this page expecting a list of social Software and not just a list of social media sites. Apb91781 (talk) 23:20, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Social bookmarking 

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message: Ok I think it's time to clean this article up. As Wikipedia is not a linkfarm, I propose we remove all the external links, making this article a list consisting solely of internal links (wikilinks). If a particular piece of social software isn't notable enough for its own article, I don't see why we need to list it here. --AbsolutDan (talk) 15:08, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This list is unwieldy in scope.  I'm slowly making it into a "list of lists" (those lists being both more comprehensive and better policed), but I think that it should probably just be a category.  "Social applications" category can the cats of IM, IRC, etc. Thoughts? --Karnesky 22:46, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, its 4 months later, and I am about to remove all the red-links. Normally I do not absolutely object to red-links for articles forthcoming, but in this area there are so many lesser-known products that I think those that cannot justify a WP article should go. DGG 04:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, they shouldn't have links on this page unless they have an article, as they get articles add them to the list (if they do). --71.113.161.31 19:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup time! 

message: is it social software to be considered in the list ? --Notopia 13:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that one could make a convincing argument for including it here, particularly as it has changed over the years to add social and social-like features.  However, I don't think that a Wikipedian should be the one to make that argument but if you can find a reliable source substantiating the claim then it would be fair game.  --ElKevbo 14:21, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  slashdot ??  

message: This is my very first contribution to anything Wiki, so please forgive me if I do something wrong!
It seems to me that most (if not all--I did not click and check every link) of the items on this page do not refer to social "software", but websites which use social software in their operation. As I understand the term, "software" usually means just that--computer software--not a website which uses such software. Thusly, the title is ambiguous; I found it while doing a search on a search engine for "social networking software," while looking for actual software to create my own social networking website.
As a suggestion, what about "List of social websites" or "List of websites using social software?"
Regards,
Casteele 18:33, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are several apps here that are NOT websites, though (and the list currently links to IM, IRC, MMORPG, etc lists (which are full of mostly stand-alone apps.  "Software" thus seems accurate.  I think we should probably just turn this list into a cat already.  With no redlinks/external urls & with no category, it doesn't do much that a category couldn't (and we do have subcats for many of the "types" of social software already). --Karnesky 19:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of this Wiki entry seems.. inaccurate.. 

message: I populated :Category:Social software. Please take a look and make adjustments as you see fit. --Pnm (talk) 03:20, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Created category 

message: I split the list of social bookmarking websites to List of social bookmarking websites. It basic, and needs to be completed and expanded. --Pnm (talk) 03:22, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split social bookmarking websites