Method for determining communicative value

摘要

A method of determining which users are experts and which tags are appropriate without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is described. The level of a user's expertise is determined based on previous tags, the categorization of one or more tags, and the rating of the tags previously left by the user. The appropriateness of a tag is based on previous tagging of information by the user, by the number of times a user has tagged information with the same categorization, and the rating of a user.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying a first number of times that a first user has been tagged in a network environment by one or more other users with a particular digital tag via respective user interfaces on respective electronic terminals, and a second number of times that a second user has been tagged in the network environment by one or more other users with the particular digital tag via respective user interfaces on respective electronic terminals; comparing the first number of times and the second number of times to yield a difference; and based on the difference and the particular digital tag, inferring, via a processor, an expertise of the first user over the second user on a subject associated with the particular digital tag.