Social Media Product Linking Engine for Comment Clutter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Social media comment sections become cluttered with repetitive questions about obtaining products or services related to posts, leading to frustration for original posters and users following the thread.
Innovation Solution
A social media platform engine identifies products or services in posts, finds relevant e-commerce sites, and provides links to these sites in response to related questions, either automatically or as suggestions to the original poster, while optionally obscuring repetitive questions and answers to reduce clutter.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the original poster manually answers each question about obtaining the product or service, then users receive direct answers, but the comment section becomes cluttered and the original poster experiences frustration and disengagement
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects questions about product acquisition in the comment section and generates answers with links to e-commerce sites without requiring manual intervention from the original poster. This self-service mechanism reduces the burden on users while maintaining answer quality.
Solution Approach 2:
An automated engine acts as an intermediary between users asking about product sources and the original poster. The engine monitors comments, identifies relevant questions, and provides answers with e-commerce links, preventing direct clutter while maintaining information flow.
2Productivity
If multiple similar questions are allowed in the comment section, then user engagement is encouraged, but clutter increases and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of product-related questions before they contribute to clutter. By identifying and automatically answering these questions early in the comment thread, the system prevents accumulation of repetitive questions while maintaining engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated engine provides immediate feedback by detecting product acquisition questions and responding with e-commerce links. This feedback loop prevents question accumulation and maintains a clean comment section while encouraging user participation.
3Reliability
If the original poster disengages from the social media platform to avoid frustration, then personal well-being is protected, but information flow and user interaction are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The automated system handles the repetitive task of answering product source questions, allowing the original poster to maintain engagement without experiencing frustration from repetitive manual responses. This preserves both user well-being and platform productivity.
4Ease of operation
If an automated system provides links to e-commerce sites, then user convenience is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated engine serves as an intermediary that bridges social media comments and e-commerce sites. It monitors comments for product-related questions, identifies relevant e-commerce links, and provides them automatically, enhancing user convenience through a manageable level of system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods and manufactures related to providing links to products and services on social media are disclosed. The method, at a computing system, the includes identifying, for a post on a social media platform, a product or a service associated with the post; finding an e-commerce site selling the product or service; monitoring comments to the post on the social media platform; determining that a comment relates to where to obtain the identified product or service; and providing a link to the product or service on the e-commerce site as a response to the comment.