POPULATING ONLINE FORUMS

摘要

In general, in one aspect, a forum for user interaction is provided. A clone of the forum is created, thereby allowing any number of users to be in the same forum while limiting the number of users in each instance of the forum. It is determined whether a relationship exists between a user entering the forum and one or more other users entering the forum or with one or more other users already in the forum. If a relationship exists, the user entering the forum is placed in a clone of the forum based on the relationship.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
creating a forum on an online service in which users interact with each other; creating multiple instances of the forum on the online service; receiving a string of information from a user joining a particular instance of the forum, the string containing user information; and determining which of the multiple instances of the forum the user should be placed in based on the string of information.