Managing shareable content in a social network

摘要

Methods are presented for managing shareable content articles in a social network. One of the methods includes receiving a plurality of articles from a publisher for access to selected users in the social network. In one example, the received articles are identified as having premium content. Each of the received articles is assigned a sharing parameter that includes a sharing threshold. The method further includes receiving a request from a first user, who is identified from the selected users of the social network, to share an article identified from the plurality of received articles with a second user in the social network, and providing the second user with access to the article when the sharing threshold is satisfied. The article is presented to the second user with supplemental content.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing device, an article comprising content from a publisher, wherein the article is accessible by a first user of a social network, and wherein the article is not accessible by a second user of the social network before being shared with the second user in the social network; assigning, by the processing device, a sharing parameter to the article, wherein the sharing parameter comprises a sharing threshold; receiving, by the processing device, a request from the first user to share the article with the second user in the social network; determining, by the processing device, a number of times that the article has been shared in the social network; and in response to receipt of the request from the first user to share the article with the second user, providing, by the processing device, the second user with access to the article based on a comparison of the sharing threshold with the number of times that the article has been shared.