Recommendations from comments on online social networks

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• send, to one or more computing devices of the online social network, a text post inputted by the first user for posting onto the online social network, wherein the text post is associated with a query;
• receive, from the one or more computing devices in response to the text post, an initial recommendation list responsive to the text post, wherein the initial recommendation list comprises references to one or more objects referenced in one or more prior comments associated with one or more prior posts of the online social network associated with the query, wherein each of the one or more prior comments includes a recommendation responsive to the query;
• send, to the one or more computing devices, a request for updates to the initial recommendation list of the text post;
• and
• receive, from the one or more computing devices in response to the request, an updated recommendation list comprising references to one or more objects referenced in one or more new comments associated with the text post.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and a non-transitory memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
• send, to one or more computing devices of the online social network, a text post inputted by the first user for posting onto the online social network, wherein the text post is associated with a query;
• receive, from the one or more computing devices in response to the text post, an initial recommendation list responsive to the text post, wherein the initial recommendation list comprises references to one or more objects referenced in one or more prior comments associated with one or more prior posts of the online social network associated with the query, wherein each of the one or more prior comments includes a recommendation responsive to the query;
• send, to the one or more computing devices, a request for updates to the initial recommendation list of the text post;
• and
• receive, from the one or more computing devices in response to the request, an updated recommendation list comprising references to one or more objects referenced in one or more new comments associated with the text post.