Automatic conversation creator for news

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a display device;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, the computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
• receive information associated with a content item produced by a source system, the content item being accessible to other computing devices via a network;
• in response to receiving the information, identify a start comment;
• in response to identifying the start comment, create a reply to the start comment using at least a ranking model;
• and
• output the start comment and the reply.