METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR RANKING MESSAGES IN A SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ON A VIRTUAL CURRENCY

摘要

An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and method for ranking messages in a social network based on a virtual currency, including receiving an indication of approval over the social network for a message posted on the social network from a first user of the social network, the indication of approval being associated with a quantity of virtual currency and the quantity of virtual currency being less than or equal to a balance of virtual currency in a first account of the first user on the social network, transforming metadata associated with the message to increment a count of virtual currency associated with the message by the quantity of virtual currency associated with the indication of approval, the social network being configured to rank one or more messages posted on the social network based at least in part on a quantity of virtual currency associated with each message in the one or more messages, and removing the quantity of virtual currency from the first account of the first user.