Detecting associates

摘要

Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item.

主权项

1. A method of identifying a cohort of users attempting to orchestrate preference events for content items, at a preference system for presenting the content items to users, the method comprising:
receiving from a plurality of users preference events regarding multiple content items; and for at least one of the plurality of users, operating a processor to:
identify a set of content items for which the user initiated preference events of a first type;for each of the identified content items, identify other users in the plurality of users, if any, that initiated preference events of the first type for the content item; andif multiple users amounting to at least a first percentage of users in the plurality of users initiated preference events of the first type for a subset of content items amounting to at least a second percentage of the set of content items:
record the multiple users as a cohort; andreduce effects of the preference events initiated by the cohort when determining statuses to assign the subset of content items.