Non-subscription based service for providing contextually-preferred new content to information system users

A method for providing contextually-preferred content to users comprising:

• detecting an existence of a new content item within an online information system, wherein the new content item has at least one associated contextual characteristic comprising at least one of an identifier of a creator of the new content item, one or more textual tags associated with the new content item, a user rating of the new content item, and a location of the new content item within the online information system;
• in response to the detection, determining a satisfaction of a predetermined level of user preference by the at least one contextual characteristic associated with the new content item, wherein said determination is performed for each user of the online information system having a value for the predetermined level of user preference;
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• when the new content item satisfies the predetermined level of user preference for a user, providing said user with a dynamically generated recommendation listing that details an availability of the new content item within a user interface of the online information system, wherein said provision of the dynamically generated recommendation listing occurs without prompting by a subscription mechanism.

A non-subscription based online information system service for automatically providing contextually-preferred content to users comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:

• computer usable program code configured to detect an existence of a new content item within an online information system, wherein the new content item has at least one associated contextual characteristic comprising at least one of an identifier of a creator of the new content item, one or more textual tags associated with the new content item, a user rating of the new content item, and a location of the new content item within the online information system;
• computer usable program code configured to, in response to the detection, determine a satisfaction of a predetermined level of user preference by the at least one contextual characteristic associated with the new content item, wherein said determination is performed for each user of the online information system having a value for the predetermined level of user preference;
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• computer usable program code configured to, when the new content item satisfies the predetermined level of user preference for a user, provide said user with a dynamically generated recommendation listing that details an availability of the new content item within a user interface of the online information system, wherein the providing of the dynamically generated recommendation listing occurs without prompting by a subscription mechanism.