Determining a trust level of a user in a social network environment

摘要

A system and method for determining a trust level for a non-approved user in a social network is described. The method includes monitoring requests for social network interactions between an approved user and the non-approved user and determining if each interaction requested is of a first type or a second type. The method further includes increasing a first trust value when the interaction requested is of the first type and increasing a second trust value when the interaction requested is of the second type. The method further includes determining the trust level based on the first trust value and the second trust value. The method further includes changing the status of the non-approved user to an approved user based on the trust level, the first trust value and/or the second trust value.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
maintaining, for each of a plurality of users of a social networking system, a trust level associated with the user representing a global trustworthiness of the user in the social networking system; receiving a telephone number associated with a user of the plurality of users; sending a message to a device associated with the telephone number; receiving a response to the message; responsive to receiving the response to the message, determining if the received telephone number has been used to verify another user of the social networking system; and increasing, by a processor, the trust level associated with the user if the received telephone number has not been used to verify another user.