Shared link tracking in online social networking systems

摘要

A computer-based system enables users who share content on online social networking systems to control the information that is shared in association with the shared content. For example, if a first user shares a hyperlink to content in an online social networking system with one or more other users, the user may specify the information to be shared in association with the hyperlink, such as one or more images to be shared in association with the hyperlink and a summary to be shared in association with the hyperlink. The information associated with the hyperlink may be used to create a modified hyperlink which has as its target a proxy web page containing metadata representing the data to associate with the first hyperlink. The modified hyperlink may then be shared with the other users instead of the original hyperlink.