43 Things
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43 Things
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| URL | 43things.com |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Social network service |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | The Robot Co-op |
| Created by | The Robot Co-op |
43 Things is a social networking website 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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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.
Awards
In 2005, 43 Things won the Webby Award for the best social networking site.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "9th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners (Social Networking)". Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=9#webby_entry_social. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
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
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