8. A method comprising: processing, by one or more processors, a communication received from an input/output port relating to one or more types of computer-based social behavior for multiple users of a computing network; deriving, by the one or more processors, a semantically-sensitive vocabulary taxonomy based on the word-based social behavior, the semantically sensitive vocabulary taxonomy indicating one or more meanings for one or more words; determining, by the one or more processors, two or more implied topic-specific social networks based at least in part on the obtained social behavior and utilizing the semantically-sensitive vocabulary taxonomy, wherein at least one word has a first meaning within a first implied topic-specific social network and a second meaning, different from the first meaning, within a second implied topic-specific social network; facilitating presentation, by the one or more processors, of a recommendation of at least one item or person of potential interest by transmitting a communication to display a graphical user interface to the user including a recommendation of an item or person of potential interest to a user in at least one of the two or more topic-specific social networks, wherein the recommended item is determined based at least in part on social behavior associated with users in the at least one of the two or more topic-specific social networks; facilitating presentation, within the graphical user interface by the one or more processors, of an indication of the rationale utilized in determining that the at least one item or person may be of interest to the user; and facilitating presentation, within the graphical user interface by the one or more processors, of an opportunity for the user to provide feedback relating to the recommendation or the rationale.
8. A method comprising: processing, by one or more processors, a communication received from an input/output port relating to one or more types of computer-based social behavior for multiple users of a computing network; deriving, by the one or more processors, a semantically-sensitive vocabulary taxonomy based on the word-based social behavior, the semantically sensitive vocabulary taxonomy indicating one or more meanings for one or more words; determining, by the one or more processors, two or more implied topic-specific social networks based at least in part on the obtained social behavior and utilizing the semantically-sensitive vocabulary taxonomy, wherein at least one word has a first meaning within a first implied topic-specific social network and a second meaning, different from the first meaning, within a second implied topic-specific social network; facilitating presentation, by the one or more processors, of a recommendation of at least one item or person of potential interest by transmitting a communication to display a graphical user interface to the user including a recommendation of an item or person of potential interest to a user in at least one of the two or more topic-specific social networks, wherein the recommended item is determined based at least in part on social behavior associated with users in the at least one of the two or more topic-specific social networks; facilitating presentation, within the graphical user interface by the one or more processors, of an indication of the rationale utilized in determining that the at least one item or person may be of interest to the user; and facilitating presentation, within the graphical user interface by the one or more processors, of an opportunity for the user to provide feedback relating to the recommendation or the rationale. 13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the presenting an opportunity for the user to provide feedback comprises transmitting a communication to present an opportunity for the user to indicate whether the recommendation was useful.