Meta Platforms, Inc.
Methods and systems for providing notifications to users of a social networking service

Abstract:

A method of providing notifications to users of a social networking service includes determining a user intent associated with a post from a user on the social networking service, based at least in part on content of the post. The method further includes generating a first notification of the user intent associated with the post and selecting a plurality of users of the social networking service to receive the first notification. The method further includes providing the first notification to the plurality of users, and after providing the first notification to the plurality of users: (1) receiving one or more responses to the first notification from one or more users of the plurality of users, the one or more responses including information responsive to the first notification, and (2) providing the information responsive to the first notification to the user.