Social software

"Facebook-Overload"


Social software is any software that is created for human communication, interaction and collaboration. While "wikis" are mainly designed for creating a "common knowledge" by allowing everyone to add, exchange or correct information, socalled "social platforms"´s main advantage is the possibility to communicate and illustrating a person´s personality virtually. Common known platforms are: Facebook, FlickR, Tribe, MySpace... People with the same interest, people of the sam country or just any people are signed in the same platform. All in all 120 personal attributes in average you are asked for on a social virtual platform. Depending on the platform, there exist various features of "pimping" a profile - interests, photos, videos, links to the favourite websites, friends and people the person is related to....
Besides the positive aspects of easy communication, social platforms also are conducive for voyeurism, self-exposure and abuse of data. Some people have happened to be fired of their jobs because of some fatal info/pictures on a social platform.
PS: if someone wants to delete his/her profile on facebook, he/she will have to delete every personal detail by hand - or the data will be save, although the profile is gone...