| 摘要 |
A method for controlling user interactions in an Internet-based social networking system having a plurality of members provides for the assignation of privacy controls to contacts between a member and an invited contact of “friend” of the member. The member identifies a potential new network contact and designates privacy settings to be associated with network interactions with the potential contact. The member may also designate the new contact member to be a member of further groups or sub-groups within the member's group or universe of friends. A request is sent to the potential contact, asking the contact to be associated with the first member through the first member's address in the network with the previously designated privacy settings. If the invitation is accepted the designated privacy settings are immediately applied to the association between the potential contact and the first member, thus avoiding the possibility that nay interaction between the paties occurs without be subject to the privacy settings. |
