Systems and methods for providing a review platform

A system for personalizing review information for a reviewable item for a user on a social network comprising:

• a server including a controller;
• a memory coupled to the controller, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions executable by the controller;
• wherein, in response to executing the program instructions, the controller is configured to:
• provide a social network in which a plurality of user profiles are related to each other through one or more direct and indirect relationships;
• receive one or more reviews for the reviewable item, each review associated with one of the user profiles, wherein each review of the reviewable item includes a rating and a recommendation for the reviewable item, wherein the rating is a numerical value in a rating scale, and wherein the recommendation is a binary endorsement;
• and
• in response to a request from the user to view the review information for the reviewable item, display, by a user interface of the user, combined ratings and combined recommendations for the reviewable item for each of at least one direct relationship and at least one indirect relationship;
• wherein the combined ratings and the combined recommendations are determined by the steps of:
• for each direct relationship, aggregating the ratings and recommendations from all reviews received associated with each of the other user profiles related by the direct relationship, and
• for each indirect relationship, aggregating the ratings and recommendations from all reviews received associated with each of the other user profiles related by the indirect relationship.