Patent ID: 8051074

Claim:
A method of selectively displaying comments posted by users, comprising: setting a threshold value for use in determining whether to display comments posted by users of an Internet service; receiving a request from a first user for displaying a page of the Internet service, the requested page comprising a comment or a title of a comment posted by a second user, wherein the second user has a reputation index based on the second user's previous comments; and displaying, on a screen associated with the first user, the requested page, wherein the comment or the title of the second user is selectively redacted based on comparison of the reputation index of the second user with the threshold value, wherein the reputation index is configured to be upgraded based on at least one of a number of comments that the second user posted and a number of recommendations for the second user's comments received from other users, and is configured to be degraded based on at least one of a number of penalties on the second user received from an operator of the Internet service and a number of advertising comments that the second user posted.