International Business Machines Corporation
Connection tier structure defining for control of multi-tier propagation of social network content

Abstract:

A method, a computer system, and a computer program product may perform tier structure definition and control of multi-tier propagation of social network content. For a user and his connections in the social network, interaction data may be received and analyzed to determine a strength of their relationship to the user. A tier structure may be defined, with the first tier having a greatest level of relationship to the user. Each connection may be assigned to a tier based on the strength of relationship. An initial propagation of a post of the user may be limited to connections from the first tier. Feedback to the post in the social network is monitored to determine a level of maturation of a thread. Feedback may be provided by the connections of the first tier. If the thread satisfies a maturity threshold, the thread is propagated to connections in a second tier.