FILTERED MESSAGE STREAMS

摘要

A system and method is disclosed for filtering messages in a social network. A message may be posted to a social network with a corresponding rank. On receiving the message and corresponding rank, the social network generates a perceived rank of the message for a receiving user and provides the message for display at the receiving user's message stream according to the perceived rank.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, from a posting user via an electronic network, a message together with a corresponding user-provided rank for the message; identifying a characteristic of a receiving user designated to receive the message, the receiving user being different than the posting user; determining that a predetermined number of user contacts of the posting user adjusted a ranking for one or more messages provided by the posting user; adjusting the corresponding user-provided rank based on a function of the identified characteristic of the receiving user and the adjusted ranking of the user contacts to generate a perceived rank for the message; and providing, via the electronic network, the message for display at a message stream associated with the receiving user according to the perceived rank.