Social network service
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A social network service focuses on the building and verifying of online social networks for communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others, and which necessitates the use of software.
Most social network services are primarily web based and provide a collection of various ways for users to interact, such as chat, messaging, email, video, voice chat, file sharing, blogging, discussion groups, and so on.
There have been some attempts to standardize them (see the FOAF standard) but this has led to some privacy concerns.
Popular services include Facebook and MySpace.
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