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Social web

The social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web. The social web encompasses how websites and software are designed and developed in order to support and foster social interaction.: 5 These online social interactions form the basis of much online activity including online shopping, education, gaming and social…

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From the social web to real life

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Social web

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples115
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
Components1

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Social web

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related to history · 19
Social web → BBS, Bulletin Board System, By, Electric Minds, Email, Howard Rheingold, However, Internet, Like, On, Rheingold, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, The, The Usenet, The WELL, This, Time, Ward Christensen, Web
related to Evolution · 17
Social web → Although, ASP, Campusfood, Facebook, Furthermore, Internet, Java, MySpace, NET, Often APIs, One, PHP, Python, Ruby, The, Twitter, Web
related to Mobile application development · 15
Social web → APIs, Blogger, Examples, Facebook, Google Account, Mobile, Most, The, These, These APIs, TweetDeck, Twitter, Typically, Users, Web
related to Mobile connectivity support · 11
Social web → Facebook Mobile, It, Layar, Most, Orkut, Popular, SCVGR, Social, The, Twitter, YouTube
related to From the social web to real life · 10
Social web → An, At, Inc, Many, Now, Relationships, Skype, The, This, Ways
related to Blogs and wikis · 9
Social web → BBS, Blogs, Both, Internet, Members, These, Web, Wikipedia, Wikis
related to Social art · 6
Social web → Artists, Craigslist, These, Web, With, YouTube
related to Social features added to non-social sites · 6
Social web → Amazon, As, Designing, Joshua Porter, These, Web
is a · 2
Social web → set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web, way of life
related to External links · 2
Social web → Social Web Incubator Group, W3CThe Future

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social web users people applications interaction individuals sites online internet share blogs one information used community networking services media software

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Social webis aset of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web0.90text
Social webis away of life0.90text
Facebook enable peopleinstance ofSocial Networks0.80text
organizations to cinstance ofSocial Networks0.80text
Myspaceinstance ofgrowing in popularity as a concept and leading to the rise of social networking services0.80text
Facebookinstance ofThe line between social networking and social media is becoming increasingly blurred as sites0.80text
Twitter further incorporate photoinstance ofThe line between social networking and social media is becoming increasingly blurred as sites0.80text
videoinstance ofThe line between social networking and social media is becoming increasingly blurred as sites0.80text
and other functionalities typical of social media sites into users' public profilesinstance ofThe line between social networking and social media is becoming increasingly blurred as sites0.80text
just as social media sites have been integrating features characteristic of social networking services into their own online frameworksinstance ofThe line between social networking and social media is becoming increasingly blurred as sites0.80text
Wikipedia this is true even for non-membersinstance ofalthough for many blogs and Wikis0.80text
user blogsinstance ofThe site has also augmented its services by including social features0.80text

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