Patent ID: 8370486

Claim:
A system, comprising: a first component that is configured to enable a first client device to perform actions, including: enabling a message to be forwarded to one or more other client devices including at least a second client device; and a second component that is configured to perform actions, including: receiving the message; determining a hop distance for the message, usable to indicate a level of interest in the message, based in part on a number of times the message is forwarded to the one or more other client devices beyond at least the second client device; enabling at least the one or more other client devices to modify the message that is then forwarded, in part, by including additional content with the message; and selectively displaying, at one of the client devices receiving the message, the hop distance, wherein the hop distance indicates a longest sequence of client devices for which the message is forwarded independent of whether the one of the client devices is within the longest sequence.