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Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2010
4 August 2010
 
Susan Landry  

This Hype Cycle highlights the most important technologies that enable and support social interactions. Use our assessment to guide your planning and investment decisions, and to guide realistic user expectations in light of market hype and exuberance.




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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Analysis
    • What You Need to Know
    • The Hype Cycle
    • The Priority Matrix
    • Off The Hype Cycle
    • On the Rise
      • Pattern-Based Strategy
      • Social Network Analysis
      • Crowdsourcing
      • Personal Security Applications Embedded in Social Media
      • Socialcasting
      • Enterprise Internet Reputation Management
      • Simultaneous Collaborative Editing
      • Idea Marketplaces
      • Social Analytics
    • At the Peak
      • Social Software Standards
      • Sentiment Analysis
      • Social Profiles
      • Social-Data Portability
      • Activity Streams
      • Expertise Location and Management
      • Social-Media Consulting
      • External Community Platforms
    • Sliding Into the Trough
      • Mobile Social Networks
      • Prediction Markets
      • Unified Communications and Collaboration
      • Microblogging
      • Social Bookmarking
      • Open-Source Social Software
      • Internal Community Platforms
      • Personal Subscriptions
      • Social Software Suites
      • Idea Management
    • Climbing the Slope
      • Social Search
      • Wikis
      • Folksonomies/Social Tagging
      • Corporate Blogging
    • Entering the Plateau
      • Presence
      • Blogs
    • Appendixes
      • Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels
  • Recommended Reading
Tables
Table 1.
Hype Cycle Phases
Table 2.
Benefit Ratings
Table 3.
Maturity Levels
Figures
Figure 1.
Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2010
Figure 2.
Priority Matrix for Social Software, 2010
Figure 3.
Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2009




Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2011
6 September 2011
  
Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2010
4 August 2010
  
Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2009
24 July 2009
  
Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2008
1 August 2008
  




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