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 first anonymous messages received in an account of the first user, each first message having been authored by a respective user of the first group; and
obtaining user input of the first user comprising selection of an icon indicating a negative response to a particular first message and, based thereon, removing an author of the particular first message from the first group such that the author is no longer permitted to send 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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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 first anonymous messages received in an account of the first user, each first message having been authored by a respective user of the first group; and obtaining user input of the first user comprising selection of an icon indicating a negative response to a particular first message and, based thereon, removing an author of the particular first message from the first group such that the author is no longer permitted to send 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 first anonymous messages received in an account of the first user, each first message having been authored by a respective user of the first group; and obtaining user input of the first user comprising selection of an icon indicating a negative response to a particular first message and, based thereon, removing an author of the particular first message from the first group such that the author is no longer permitted to send 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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