Technical capabilities of social network sites (online)
| Behavioral capability | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asynchronicity | Ability to overcome temporal limitations and extract content from one-way ties |
| Association | Ability to know that a network connection exists |
| Shareability | Ability to easily share profile content with many others online |
| Reviewability | Ability to review for consistency in posts over time |
| Editability | Ability to reconsider/recraft profile content before sharing it |
| Scalability | Ability to send and receive information on a large scale |
| Social interactivity | Ability to efficiently connect to networked others |
| Interoperability | Ability to easily share content across multiple distinct platforms |
| Persistence | Ability to see archived information |
| Searchability | Ability to efficiently search all manner of social network site content |
| Retrievability | Ability to scan vast networks to capture specific information |
| Replicability | Ability to easily duplicate or modify profile content that looks original |
| Signaling | Ability to convey intended and unintended information from user profiles |
| Transversability | Ability to navigate to and through your own and others' networks |
| Viewability | Ability to view aspects of otherwise restricted profile content |
| Behavioral capability | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asynchronicity | Ability to overcome temporal limitations and extract content from one-way ties |
| Association | Ability to know that a network connection exists |
| Shareability | Ability to easily share profile content with many others online |
| Reviewability | Ability to review for consistency in posts over time |
| Editability | Ability to reconsider/recraft profile content before sharing it |
| Scalability | Ability to send and receive information on a large scale |
| Social interactivity | Ability to efficiently connect to networked others |
| Interoperability | Ability to easily share content across multiple distinct platforms |
| Persistence | Ability to see archived information |
| Searchability | Ability to efficiently search all manner of social network site content |
| Retrievability | Ability to scan vast networks to capture specific information |
| Replicability | Ability to easily duplicate or modify profile content that looks original |
| Signaling | Ability to convey intended and unintended information from user profiles |
| Transversability | Ability to navigate to and through your own and others' networks |
| Viewability | Ability to view aspects of otherwise restricted profile content |
Source(s): Adapted from Smith, Smith, and Shaw (2017, p. 21)