| 摘要 |
The present disclosure allows a user to influence the position of a thread in an Internet forum in exchange for payment. The user can sponsor a particular thread by paying the forum provider to position the thread in a favorable position within the list of threads on the forum. For example, if threads are typically listed on the forum in reverse chronological order with respect to the latest posting within a thread, a sponsored thread might be bumped to the top of the list regardless of the time since the latest posting in the thread. In other words, by sponsoring a thread, a user pays the forum provider to offset the timeliness (or lack thereof) of the thread, or whatever factors determine the natural order of the list.
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