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There is no doubt that social websites have become one of the greatest inventions of the twenty-first century. Maintaining social connections, getting new and new friends, online entertainment: these are the very things we expect a good portal to provide. The concept of the social websites is that upon registration users share a desired amount of personal data with other users and after that they build a so called friend network using their acquaintances as building elements. The more acquaintances are present the more information is accessible during a certain period of time.
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The authors would like to return thanks for the help of Mr. Sándor Forrai, who developed the XValid software as an MSc thesis work at the University of Pannonia.
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Lányi, C.S. (2010). Accessibility Testing of Social Websites. In: Furht, B. (eds) Handbook of Social Network Technologies and Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7142-5_19
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