Hash tag management in a microblogging infrastructure

摘要

Architecture that provides enhanced tag telemetry in a microblogging communications infrastructure. The architecture provides efficient discovery and tracking of topics that are of interest to a specific user by enabling users to follow (track) hash tags (#tag) and to receive and view all messages tagged with the hash tag appear in the user's personal feed. Each hash tag has a persisted tag page that aggregates all the associated activity, and includes a list that includes, but is not limited to, the tag followers, the most frequent user (uses the tag the most often in a specific time frame), a description, related tags, for example. The user can receive all the updates in the user's personal feed, and see an aggregation of all the messages and conversations associated with the tag in single place. The user can also mute the tag to prevent the receiving of tag information.

主权项

1. A computing system of a microblog platform, comprising:
a processor for executing computer-executable instructions; and memory storing computer-executable instructions for:
tracking instances of a hash tag in microblog messages communicated via a microblogging communications infrastructure;providing a hash tag page that includes a message area for aggregating microblog messages containing the hash tag and a post area box for receiving message text to be communicated to others, wherein the hash tag automatically appears in the post area box as message text without manual entry and before any other message text is manually entered into the post area box;providing a topics page of a user that includes a list of other users currently followed by the user and a list of hash tags currently followed by the user;providing a personal feed page of a user that presents microblog messages posted by the other users currently followed by the user and microblog messages associated with the hash tags currently followed by the user, wherein the personal feed page of the user includes a link to the topics page of the user;receiving, in the personal feed page of the user, a microblog message posted by one of the other users currently followed by the user, wherein the hash tag is embedded in message text of the microblog message and is not yet followed by the user;adding the hash tag to the list of hash tags currently followed by the user on the topics page of the user in response to the user selecting the hash tag embedded in the message text of the microblog message received in the personal feed page of the user, wherein selection of the hash tag in the list of hash tags currently followed by the user accesses the hash tag page;providing an updated hash tag page in response to a new microblog message that includes message text containing the hash tag being communicated via the microblogging communications infrastructure; andreceiving, in the personal feed page of the user, the new microblog message that includes the message text containing the hash tag, wherein selection of the hash tag in the message text of the new microblog message accesses the updated hash tag page.