Patent ID: 11888607
Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a request from a user of a social networking system to participate in a discovery service of the social networking system that facilitates connections between users of the social networking system who share common attributes, wherein the user is a member of an interest-based community facilitated by the social networking system;
obtaining at least one desired user attribute for new user connections;
identifying at least one additional user of the social networking system who:
is a participant in the discovery service;
is an additional member of the interest-based community facilitated by the social networking system; and
possesses the desired user attribute; and

when representing a social media post generated by the additional user within a user interface of the social networking system, presenting an interface affordance associated with the social media post that denotes the additional user's participation in the discovery service, membership in the interest-based community, and possession of the desired attribute, visually distinguishing the social media post from an additional social media post generated by another user of the social networking system who at least one of:
is not a participant in the discovery service;
is not a member of the interest-based community facilitated by the social networking system; or
does not possess the desired user attribute.