Techniques for publishing viewers of content

摘要

According to various embodiments, a viewing event may be detected, the viewing event corresponding to a user viewing a content item. A view reason associated with the viewing event may be determined, the view reason indicating how the user was notified of the content item or how the user accessed the content item. A privacy value associated with the viewing event may be determined, the privacy value indicating an inferred sensitivity of the user to publication of the viewing event. Further, metadata describing the viewing event may be generated. Moreover, the metadata may be associated with the content item.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting a viewing event corresponding to a user viewing a content item; determining, using one or more processors, a view reason associated with the viewing event, the view reason indicating how the user was notified of the content item or how the user accessed the content item; generating, using the one or more processors, metadata describing the viewing event; associating the metadata with the content item; receiving a request, from a content author, to display a viewership summary of content items authored by the content author; aggregating metadata describing viewing events associated with the content items authored by the content author; and generating a display, via a user interface in a device, of the viewership summary, based on the aggregated metadata, the viewership summary indicating a list of one or more viewers that have viewed one or more of the content items authored by the content author within a predetermined time period, and the list identifying, for each of the viewers, a specific one of the content items viewed by the viewer, and a view reason indicating how the viewer was notified of the specific content item or how the viewer accessed the specific content item.