System and method for classification of communication sessions in a social network

A computer implemented method for characterizing a communication session comprising:

• receiving messages and content items sent during a communication session between a first user and a second user in a social network;
• analyzing keywords associated with the messages and metadata associated with the content items to determine an initial rating of the received messages and content items;
• adjusting the initial rating based on:
• a contribution level of the first user in the communication session;
• a consumption level of the content items, wherein the consumption level is based on a number of users separate from the first user and the second user who have consumed the content items;
• and
• an amount of time the first user has participated in the social network;
• characterizing the communication session based on the adjusted initial rating.

A computer implemented method for characterizing a communication session comprising:

• receiving messages and content items sent during a communication session between a first user and a second user in a social network;
• analyzing keywords associated with the messages and metadata associated with the content items;
• determining frequency of occurrence of both the keywords and the metadata associated with the content items, where analyzing the keywords and the metadata and determining the frequency of occurrence of both the keywords and the metadata are used to determine an initial rating of the received messages and content items;
• adjusting the initial rating based on:
• a contribution level of the first user in the communication session;
• a consumption level of the content items by third party users, where greater consumption of the content items increases the initial rating and lower consumption of the content decreases the initial rating;
• an amount of time the first user has participated in the social network;
• a participation factor of either the first user or the second user who contributed the messages or content items where the participation factor is calculated based on the number of messages sent by either the first user or the second user;
• a social network distance between the first user and the second user;
• and
• characterizing the communication session based on the adjusted initial rating.