Method and system for assigning privileges in an online community of news content readers and authors

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on an information handling system, causes the system to assign access privileges in an online community by:

• classifying user contributions Ci from a plurality of users in a community according to a plurality of subjects Sj to identify subjects in each user contribution;
• for each identified subject in each user contribution, assembling one or more community quality values for each user that generated the user contribution by monitoring a number of recommendations received, monitoring a number of comments made in reply, monitoring a number of times viewed, monitoring a number of times shared, monitoring a number of “upvotes” or “downvotes,” monitoring a number of “likes” or “dislikes,” and monitoring a number of “retweets”;
• for each identified subject in each user contribution, ranking the plurality of users based on the one or more community quality values for each user that generated the user contribution;
• and
• assigning, for each identified subject in each user contribution, automated access privileges to each user in a hierarchy of privileges based on the ranking of the plurality of users, where each level in the hierarchy of privileges specifies an assigned user's access for removing, reorganizing, customizing, and classifying user contributions Ci from the plurality of users to the identified subject.

An information handling system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
• a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to assign access privileges in an online community, wherein the set of instructions are executable to perform actions of:
• classifying, by the system, user contributions Ci from a plurality of users in a community according to a plurality of subjects Sj to identify subjects in each user contribution;
• for each identified subject in each user contribution, assembling, by the system, one or more community quality values for each user that generated the user contribution by monitoring a number of recommendations received, monitoring a number of comments made in reply, monitoring a number of times viewed, monitoring a number of times shared, monitoring a number of “upvotes” or “downvotes,” monitoring a number of “likes” or “dislikes,” and monitoring a number of “retweets”;
• for each identified subject in each user contribution, ranking, by the system, the plurality of users based on the one or more community quality values for each user that generated the user contribution;
• and
• assigning for each identified subject in each user contribution, by the system, automated access privileges to each user in a hierarchy of privileges based on the ranking of the plurality of users, where each level in the hierarchy of privileges specifies an assigned user's access for removing, reorganizing, customizing, and classifying user contributions Ci from the plurality of users to the identified subject.