Systems and methods for calibrating user ratings

A system for calibrating a rating weight assigned to a user, comprising:

• a computing device comprising a processor;
• a content manager operable on the processor and comprising a content item assigned an expert rating;
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• a user manager operable on the processor and communicatively coupled to the content manager, wherein the user manager is configured to adjust a rating weight of a user based on a comparison between the expert rating and a rating of the content item submitted by the user;
• wherein the content manager is configured to calculate an aggregate rating of the content item from a plurality of user-submitted ratings, wherein each of the user submitted ratings is submitted by a user having a respective rating weight, and wherein the aggregate rating is based on the plurality of user submitted ratings and the respective rating weights

A computer-implemented method for calibrating a rating weight assigned to a user, comprising:

• assigning an expert rating to a content item;
• receiving a rating of the content item submitted by the user;
• adjusting the rating weight of the user based upon a comparison of the expert rating and the rating submitted by the user, wherein the rating weight is incremented if the rating submitted by the user is within a first threshold of the expert rating, the rating weight is decremented if the rating submitted by the user differs from the expert rating by more than a second threshold, and is unchanged otherwise;
• providing an interface to display content submitted by the user, the interface comprising an indication of the rating weight of the user;
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• calculating an aggregate rating of the content item from a plurality of user-submitted ratings, wherein each of the user submitted ratings is submitted by a user having a respective rating weight, and wherein the aggregate rating is based on the plurality of user submitted ratings and the respective rating weights.