Social Network Profile Experience Complimenting and Reputation Ranking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Social networking systems lack the ability to provide richer experience information and reputation measures for user experiences, with limited complimenting functionality and no domain-based reputation ranking, especially for non-work-related experiences.
Innovation Solution
A mechanism is introduced within social networking systems to allow users to compliment each other's experiences, enabling the addition of compliments and relationship indications, and building a domain-based reputation ranking by gathering compliments within specific domains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If limited complimenting functionality is provided for current co-workers in a business setting, then some complimenting capability is achieved, but complimenting for other experience types such as activities, hobbies, and interests is not available
Solution Approach 1:
The system extends the complimenting mechanism to work across multiple experience types including work experiences, educational experiences, activities, hobbies, and interests. A single unified interface allows users to compliment any experience type, making the system universal rather than limited to specific domains.
2Loss of information
If user profile information is organized into linear information intended for viewing only, then information presentation is simple, but richer information about user experiences such as other users' opinions and skill level assessments are left out
Solution Approach 1:
The user profile is segmented into distinct experience entries, each containing multiple layers of information. Each experience can have base information, compliments, skill level assessments, and other user opinions organized as separate but related components, allowing rich information storage while maintaining clear structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The profile structure transitions from linear one-dimensional information to a multi-dimensional structure where each experience has associated metadata including compliments, skill assessments, and user opinions. This adds depth and richness to the information architecture.
3Reliability
If no reputation measure is provided for users, then the system remains simple, but users cannot establish reputation in particular fields, categories, or domains of experience
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where users receive compliments on their experiences from others. These compliments serve as positive feedback that contributes to building the user's reputation in specific domains. The feedback loop allows reputation to emerge naturally from user interactions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes domain categories and experience types that will form the basis for reputation calculation. By having predefined domains and experience structures in place beforehand, the system can systematically track and aggregate compliments to build reputation metrics without requiring complex real-time analysis.
4Ease of operation
If no searching functionality is provided for users with strong reputation in particular fields, then the system remains simple, but users cannot find experts in specific domains
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces domain-based reputation rankings as an intermediary mechanism that bridges users and experts. Instead of implementing complex search algorithms, the system uses reputation scores within domains as a mediator to help users identify experts, making the search process simpler while maintaining effectiveness.
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AI summary
A user profile for a user of a social networking system may include experiences, such as work, educational, travel, and interests. The social networking system provides a profile page for a user's user profile that allows users to compliment the user on the experience. If a user wants to compliment another user on an experience not present on that user's user profile, the user can add the experience along with the compliment. Complimenting users on their experiences allows a reputation ranking to be created based on compliments received in a particular domain, which are searchable by user of the social networking system. The compliments may be used by the social networking system to build a domain-based reputation ranking of users of a social networking system.