Verizon Communications Inc.
Systems and methods for scoring popularity of entities in a social network

Abstract:

Systems and methods for scoring popularity of entities in a social network are disclosed herein. An exemplary system assigns popularity scores to a plurality of entities in a social network, the popularity scores including a first popularity score assigned to a first entity of the plurality of entities and a second popularity score assigned to a second entity of the plurality of entities, and adjusts, in response to an operation in the social network, the second popularity score based on the first popularity score. In certain examples, the system also adjusts, in response to the operation in the social network, the first popularity score based on the first popularity score at the time of the operation.