43 Things
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| URL | http://www.43things.com/ |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Social network service |
| Registration | None to browse, Required to post |
| Owner | The Robot Co-op |
| Created by | The Robot Co-op |
43 Things or 43things.com is a social networking web site that is built on the principles of tagging, rather than creating explicit interpersonal links (as seen in Friendster and Orkut). Users create accounts and then list a number of goals or hopes; these goals are parsed by a lexer and connected to other people's goals that are constructed with similar words or ideas. This concept is also known as folksonomy.
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[edit] History
43 Things was launched on January 1, 2005, by the Robot Co-op, a small company based in Seattle founded by blogger Erik Benson, Maktub keyboardist Daniel Spils, and former Amazon.com and Microsoft executive Josh Petersen.
[edit] Awards
In 2005, 43 Things won the Webby Award for the best social networking site.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- "Sociable Robots believe in 43 Things" from The Seattle Times (December 27, 2004)
- Steal this Bookmark from Salon.com (February 8, 2005)
- Amazon's 43 Secrets from Salon.com (February 8, 2005)
- "Amazon invests in blogging site" from News.com (February 9, 2005)
- "43 Things: A Community Study" by Michael C. Habib
[edit] References
- ^ "9th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners (Social Networking)". http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=9#webby_entry_social. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
