Implications of information systems use on the development of Web 2.0 based knowledge management system framework

Web 2.0 technologies or as they are also called social technologies have become very popular lately. Social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn have millions of daily users. Wikipedia is the most popular encyclopedia. Blogs of all kinds have become very influential in our everyday lives almost like print media. Although Web 2.0 technologies popularity is great, existing knowledge management system frameworks are usually based on other technologies and principles. Even when they are based on Web 2.0, predominant presumption is that these technologies are completely new. This is normal since substantial portion of those frameworks were developed when these technologies were new. Today situation has changed and average knowledge worker should be familiar with most of these technologies. In this paper we try to quantify popularity that most popular of Web 2.0 systems have, compare their popularity with other business information systems and classify them into three groups by popularity and usefulness.