43 Things

43things.com

43 Things logo
URL	http://www.43things.com/
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.

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.

See also

• Social networking service
• List of social networking websites

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

External links

• 43 Things
• The Robot Co-op blog