Generating connection recommendations on a social network using social contacts

摘要

A method for generating connection recommendations for a social network from social contacts is disclosed. The method includes identifying a first user of a content sharing platform, selecting a second user of the content sharing platform based on an affinity score between the first user and the second user, wherein the first user and the second user are not connected on the content sharing platform, contacting the second user to request a list of recommended subscriptions on the content sharing platform for the first user, receiving, from the second user, the list of recommended subscriptions for the first user, and providing, to the first user, at least a portion of the list of recommended subscriptions as suggestions for subscriptions on the content sharing platform for the first user.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a processing device, a first user of a content sharing platform, the first user associated with a first client device; selecting a second user of the content sharing platform based on an affinity score between the first user and the second user, wherein the first user and the second user are not connected to each other on the content sharing platform, and wherein the affinity score between the first user and the second user is based on interactions between the first user and the second user via one or more communication systems external to the content sharing platform; sending, to a second client device of the second user, a request for recommended channel subscriptions on the content sharing platform for the first user, wherein the request comprises a pre-populated list of channel subscriptions associated with the second user; receiving, from the second client device via the pre-populated list without interaction by the first user, the recommended channel subscriptions for the first user; and providing, to the first client device of the first user, at least a portion of the list of recommended channel subscriptions as suggestions for channel subscriptions on the content sharing platform for the first user.