Visibility management enhancement for messaging systems and online social networks

A computer-implemented method for content visibility management in a communication system, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• capturing, by at least one processing device, an initial state of a message;
• extracting, by the at least one processing device, at least one external reference from the message;
• analyzing, by the at least one processing device, the at least one external reference to establish a baseline state of the message;
• monitoring, by the at least one processing device, a level of change of the message with respect to the baseline state of the message;
• changing, by the at least one processing device, a visibility of the message with respect to at least one category of users of a plurality of categories of users based on detecting the level of change in relation to the baseline state of the message exceeding a respective threshold level of change of each of the at least one category of users;
• and
• performing, by the at least one processing device, in response to determining that the message is visible to at least some users other than an author of the message, determining that the message is associated with a team of users, and determining that the message is not visible to all users of the team of users:
• informing users of the team of users that some users of the team of users may not be able to access the message.

A system for content visibility management in a communication system, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory connected to the at least one processor, the at least one memory including instructions to configure the at least one processor to:
• capture an initial state of a message;
• extract at least one external reference from the message;
• analyze the at least one external reference to establish a baseline state of the message;
• monitor a level of change of the message with respect to the baseline state of the message;
• change a visibility of the message with respect to at least one category of users of a plurality of categories of users based on detecting the level of change in relation to the baseline state of the message exceeding a respective threshold level of change of each of the at least one category of users;
• and
• perform, in response to determining that the message is visible to at least some users other than an author of the message, determining that the message is associated with a team of users, and determining that the message is not visible to all users of the team of users:
• informing users of the team of users that some users of the team of users may not be able to access the message.

A computer program product comprising:

• at least one computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for execution on a processing device, the computer readable program code being configured to be executed by the processing device to:
• capture an initial state of a message;
• extract at least one external reference from the message;
• analyze the at least one external reference to establish a baseline state of the message;
• monitor a level of change of the message with respect to the baseline state of the message;
• change a visibility of the message with respect to at least one category of users of a plurality of categories of users based on detecting the level of change in relation to the baseline state of the message exceeding a respective threshold level of change of each of the at least one category of users;
• and
• perform, in response to determining that the message is visible to at least some users other than an author of the message, determining that the message is associated with a team of users, and determining that the message is not visible to all users of the team of users:
• informing users of the team of users that some users of the team of users may not be able to access the message.