Those who could benefit by outcomes of the current web most, the elderly, are
greatly sidetracked. Our aim is to reveal the cause, the deeply rooted limitations in
current social software design, in user interfaces in particular. Based on the analysis we
formulated requirements on social software to make it more conform to the needs of
people with serious cognitive, sensoric or motive impairments, the elderly in particular.
Hopefully, our findings will help to overcome lack of interest, anxiety, fears and other
barriers and allow more people to join and take advantage of social software.