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Social network with secret statuses and Verifications

  • US 20130007149A1
  • Filed: 02/19/2012
  • Published: 01/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of operating a social networking site, comprising:

  • storing profiles of multiple users on a social networking website, said profiles including information about each of said users;

    storing friend preferences of said multiple users on said social networking site;

    showing first content from multiple users automatically to friends of the multiple users, and not showing said first content to users who are not friends of the multiple users, said showing comprising each user seeing said first content of only for users who are friends of the each user;

    storing second content about each of the multiple users representing private information which is not automatically shown to said friends of the multiple users; and

    comparing said second content to second content associated with other users, and based on a result of said comparing, determining whether said second content will be shown to any other user, where said second content for a second user is only shown to a first user when said second content of said second user matches in a specified way to said second content of said first user, based on said comparing.

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