Almost all software is social software (opens in new tab)

For sufficiently large values of "almost", or sufficiently loose definitions of "social software."

Is Excel social software? Word? Photoshop? Are most Line of Business applications? ERPs?

Hello, Mr. Hammer-- see anything around here that looks like a nail?

This is particularly true for programming languages. What makes a programming language valuable? One factor is the libraries available to it. The more high-quality open libraries available, the better. The more active a programmer community, the better its libraries. It's very similar to what makes any website with a social component valuable.

Programming languages are social and cultural constructs as much as technological.

I like the gest of that article, but I surely disagree with the premise copied to this thread title.