Patent ID: 8819158

Claim:
A system of one or more computing devices, comprising: one or more processors, one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors; wherein the one or more processors, in conjunction with the one or more memories, are configured to implement steps, the steps comprising: receiving, at an online community component, content uploaded by members of an online community; calculating, at a reputation module that is coupled to the online community component, reputation scores for the members of the online community, the reputation scores representing perceived values of contributions from corresponding members to the online community; receiving, at a report module that is coupled to the online community component, from reporting members of the online community, reports of bad behavior by particular members of the online community; selecting, at a juror selection module that is coupled to the report module and the reputation module, subsets of the members of the online community to be juror candidates for resolving particular reports received by the report module, the subsets selected based at least in part on particular reputation scores calculated by the reputation module; inviting, at an invitation module that is coupled to the juror selection module, particular juror candidates to provide input concerning one or more of the reports; receiving, at a juror input module, inputs from at least some of the juror candidates concerning at least some of the reports; determining, at a report response module that is coupled to the juror input module and the report module, manners of responding to the reports based at least in part on the juror input module.