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Levels of competency in an online community

  • US 10,389,679 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2018
  • Issued: 08/20/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a digital medium environment of an online community, a method implemented by at least one computing device, the method comprising:

  • determining, by the at least one computing device, user competency scores defining levels of competency of users in relation to a topic of the online community;

    generating, by the at least one computing device, a gradient by ordering the user competency scores;

    identifying, by the at least one computing device, a change in a slope of the gradient over a threshold amount, the change in the slope of the gradient over the threshold amount indicative of which of the users of the online community are not dormant and which of the users of the online community are dormant;

    controlling, by the at least one computing device, generation of digital content for use as part of interaction in the online community based on user competency scores for the users of the online community that are not dormant; and

    determining a mean user competency score from the user competency scores for the users of the online community that are not dormant for identifying at least one user of the users of the online community that are not dormant as an expert in relation to the topic of the online community.

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