Anonymous discussion forum
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- performing by one or more computers;
identifying a first group of users of a plurality of users wherein each of the users in the first group has a respective likeness score in relation to a first user that satisfies a threshold, and wherein each user of the first group is permitted to send anonymous messages through a respective account to the first user;
identifying a plurality of anonymous messages received in an account of the first user, each anonymous message having been authored by a respective user of the first group and, via a user interface, including a selectable icon for the first user to provide a positive response to the anonymous message and a different selectable icon for the first user to provide a negative response to the anonymous message; and
in response to receiving a user input of the first user with a selection of the icon indicating the negative response to a particular anonymous message, removing an author of the particular anonymous message from the first group such that the author is no longer permitted to send anonymous messages to the first user through the account of the author.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enabling anonymous posting of content, e.g., over a network (e.g., the internet). In some instances, users may inform a system of various attributes of the user, for example, job title, skills, and/or interests. The system may group similar users together. In some cases, users grouped together can see messages posted by the other users in the group in an anonymous discussion forum. In other cases, users grouped together can have other users in the group presented to them as potential options of users to follow, e.g., as part of an anonymous social media platform. In some implementations, users can identify particular user subsets to view posted content.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
performing by one or more computers; identifying a first group of users of a plurality of users wherein each of the users in the first group has a respective likeness score in relation to a first user that satisfies a threshold, and wherein each user of the first group is permitted to send anonymous messages through a respective account to the first user; identifying a plurality of anonymous messages received in an account of the first user, each anonymous message having been authored by a respective user of the first group and, via a user interface, including a selectable icon for the first user to provide a positive response to the anonymous message and a different selectable icon for the first user to provide a negative response to the anonymous message; and in response to receiving a user input of the first user with a selection of the icon indicating the negative response to a particular anonymous message, removing an author of the particular anonymous message from the first group such that the author is no longer permitted to send anonymous messages to the first user through the account of the author. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
one or more computers programmed to perform operations comprising; identifying a first group of users of a plurality of users wherein each of the users in the first group has a respective likeness score in relation to a first user that satisfies a threshold, and wherein each user of the first group is permitted to send anonymous messages through a respective account to the first user; identifying a plurality of anonymous messages received in an account of the first user, each anonymous message having been authored by a respective user of the first group and, via a user interface, including a selectable icon for the first user to provide a positive response to the anonymous message and a different selectable icon for the first user to provide a negative response to the anonymous message; and in response to receiving a user input of the first user with a selection of the icon indicating the negative response to a particular anonymous message, removing an author of the particular anonymous message from the first group such that the author is no longer permitted to send anonymous messages to the first user through the account of the author. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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