Social Networking Technologies
Abstract
Social Networking Technologies are Internet-based platforms that enable individuals and organizations to connect with other users of the platform and share information about themselves. The participants information is displayed as a profile describing the user as well as varying degrees of additional, identifying information. Participants can then view, and at times engage with, the information of the other users with whom they have made a formal connection. Participants can also view the information of users whose information is public.While there is some debate about which Internet-based platform was the first Social Networking Technology, GeoCities and Sixdegrees.com were two of the earliest precursors to the modern concept. GeoCities, which began operating as such in 1995, provided users an opportunity to easily create free personalized webpages. Those webpages were located within communities called neighborhoods, which were groupings of webpages that shared similar content. Webpage owners within a community could then search and access the webpages of users who shared similar interests or characteristics. Sixdregrees.com began in 1997 and took a more intentional approach to connecting users. Members of the website could communicate with other users with whom they formalized a connection and could invite non-members to join. Members could also seek out other users on the site and view their relationship to those users. GeoCities ended operations in 2009, ten years after having been acquired by Yahoo!, and Sixdegrees.com ended operations in 2001.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1013432
Entities
People
- Douglas B. Mckechnie
Organizations
- United States Air Force Academy