Providing tag suggestions for an image in social media platforms

A computer program product having one or more computer readable storage media having computer readable program code collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the computer readable program code being executed by a processor of a computer system to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an image from a first user of a social media platform;
• obtaining a timestamp corresponding to a time that the image was captured;
• obtaining a geographic location corresponding to where the image was captured;
• identifying one or more members of the social media platform that are connected to the first user that were within a predefined distance of the geographic location at the time that the image was captured;
• and
• providing a list of the one or more members to the first user as suggestions for tagging the image.

A computing system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• one or more computer readable storage media coupled to the processor, the one or more computer readable storage media collectively containing instructions that are executed by the processor via the memory to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an image from a first user of a social media platform;
• obtaining a timestamp corresponding to a time that the image was captured;
• obtaining a geographic location corresponding to where the image was captured;
• identifying one or more members of the social media platform that are connected to the first user that were within a predefined distance of the geographic location at the time that the image was captured;
• and
• providing a list of the one or more members to the first user as suggestions for tagging the image.