Messaging system for resurfacing content items

A computing apparatus for resurfacing content items on a messaging system, the computing apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• storing a content item generated by a client device of a user, the user associated with the messaging system;
• in response to the user performing a first interaction with the content item, determining a first score to assign to the interaction and updating a resurface score associated with the content item with the score, wherein the first interaction is the user sharing the content item with a friend within the messaging system;
• in response to the friend performing a second interaction with the content item, determining a second score to assign to the second interaction and updating the resurface score associated with the content item with the second score, the resurface score associated with the content item being associated with the user;
• determining whether to resurface the content item to the user based on the resurface score;
• and
• in response to a determination to resurface the content item to the user, displaying, on a display of the client device, a user interface comprising a user interface item for the user to view the content item.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a messaging system for resurfacing content items, the instructions to configure the one or more processors to:

• storing a content item generated by a client device of a user, the user associated with the messaging system;
• in response to the user performing a first interaction with the content item, determining a first score to assign to the interaction and updating a resurface score associated with the content item with the score, wherein the first interaction is the user sharing the content item with a friend within the messaging system;
• in response to the friend performing a second interaction with the content item, determining a second score to assign to the second interaction and updating the resurface score associated with the content item with the second score, the resurface score associated with the content item being associated with the user;
• determining whether to resurface the content item to the user based on the resurface score;
• and
• in response to a determination to resurface the content item to the user, displaying, on a display of the client device, a user interface comprising a user interface item for the user to view the content item.