Social media interaction aggregation for duplicate image posts

A computer program product for detecting duplicate images on a social media platform, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a computer-readable program stored therein, wherein the computer-readable program, when executed on a computing device including at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

• search a social media platform to identify a set of duplicate images comprising at least a first image that was posted to the social media platform by a first user and a second image that was posted to the social media platform by a second user, wherein the second image is a duplicate of the first image;
• provide a notification to at least one of the first user or the second user indicating that the set of duplicate images exists;
• select a host for a single consolidated image of the set of duplicate images;
• use the first image or the second image, or both the first image and the second image, to provide the single consolidated image;
• and
• consolidate one or more social media interactions associated with the first image with one or more social media interactions associated with the second image to generate a single set of social media interactions for the single consolidated image.

An apparatus for detecting duplicate images on a social media platform, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• search a social media platform to identify a set of duplicate images comprising at least a first image that was posted to the social media platform by a first user and a second image that was posted to the social media platform by a second user, wherein the second image is a duplicate of the first image;
• provide a notification to at least one of the first user or the second user indicating that the set of duplicate images exists;
• select a host for a single consolidated image of the set of duplicate images;
• use the first image or the second image, or both the first image and the second image, to provide the single consolidated image;
• and
• consolidate one or more social media interactions associated with the first image with one or more social media interactions associated with the second image to generate a single set of social media interactions for the single consolidated image.