Social media session access

摘要

A method for social media session access includes, by a computing device, receiving a user request to join a social media session. If the social media session has less than a predetermined quantity of current users, the user is granted access to the session. If the social media session has the predetermined quantity of current users, information about the user is stored user in a list of users waiting to join the session. As slots in the session become available, users are selected from the waitlist. An owner of the session may determine the criteria used in selecting from among multiple users in the waitlist.

主权项

1. A method, executing on one or more computing devices, for social media session access, said method comprising:
receiving, at the one or more computing devices, a user request to join a social media session; when the social media session has less than a predetermined quantity of current users, granting the user access to the social media session; when the social media session has the predetermined quantity of current users, storing information about the user in a list of users waiting to join the social media session, wherein users are selected from the list when the social media session has less than the predetermined quantity of current users, based at least in part upon criteria set by an owner of the social media session; and modifying a position of the information about the user in the list based at least in part on a quantity of friends in a social network profile of the user such that a user with relatively more friends is given preference over a user with relatively fewer friends and on prior activity in past social media sessions such that a user with more postings in past sessions may be offered access to the social media session sooner than a user with fewer postings even though the user with fewer postings requested access to the social media session before the user with more postings requested access to the same session.