JP2014154003A - Information processing device, control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing device which enables easy filtering for SNS users, and efficiently acquires necessary information as needed, while protecting privacy.SOLUTION: An information processing device connected to a server of a social networking service (SNS) through a network in which messages are posted by a plurality of users stores a part of the plurality of users as specific users whose messages posted to the SNS server are handled with a prescribed rule in the information processing device, and determines handling of messages posted to the SNS server by a plurality of users other than the specific users on the basis of a degree of association between the users and the specific users.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program.

  In addition to users of Twitter (registered trademark), a community site that can be used by the public as a communication service that allows individual users to post and view short sentences called “Tweet”, the real name and Facebook (registered trademark) users are rapidly becoming a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) in which individuals who have an account that requires registration of their own face photo and real-world profile participate. Has increased. In addition, the use of so-called Web bulletin boards, in which an unspecified number of people can freely post personal impressions and opinions regarding a specific theme or topic, is also increasing.

  For example, the technology related to Facebook is disclosed in Patent Document 1. Facebook and Twitter can be used by registering user information that identifies the user to each SNS server. Then, the user can access the SNS server and post information (hereinafter referred to as a comment) such as a recent situation, a photograph, and a link for accessing other sites. Furthermore, a user registered in the SNS server can view comments posted by other users.

  Also, Facebook and Twitter have a timeline that displays the posted comments in chronological order from the top to the bottom of the display screen in order from the newest. For example, on the Facebook timeline, a user sends a "friend request" and comments from other users who have approved it are displayed. In addition, by registering another user's account on the Twitter timeline, it is possible to display other users' tweets on their own timeline.

  By the way, in the above-mentioned SNS, the relationship between a certain user and other users is registered on the SNS server. This is not preferable from the viewpoint of privacy protection. From the viewpoint of privacy protection, Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for displaying effective advertisements on a user terminal that is useful to the user without transmitting the operation history information of the user terminal to the server side. It is disclosed.

JP-T 2009-521752 JP 2007-172174 A

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, user operation history information is stored in a local operation history database of a user terminal, and based on operation history information stored in the database and an advertisement group stored in an advertisement group database. By selecting the advertisement to be displayed, the operation history information is not transmitted to the server side.

  However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, although the privacy of the user is protected, the provided advertisement group (information) is independent from each other and is not related to each other. Specifically, for example, an advertisement relating to a sports category is provided, but an advertisement relating to sports related shopping information is not intended to be provided.

  Recently, the number of users of the above-mentioned SNS has increased explosively, and the number of comments (information) from users has also increased rapidly. Furthermore, some of the posted comments are positively desired by the user to be browsed, but some are not desired to be actively browsed. If the number of posted comments is small, it is easy to select (filter) the person who posted the comment you want to view and the person who posted the comment you do not want to view, but if the number of posted comments is large, Such filtering is very cumbersome and the work itself is costly. Furthermore, it is not desirable from the viewpoint of privacy protection to perform such filtering on the server side.

  On the other hand, in a setting in which a certain user A browses only the comments of a specific user B and does not view the comments of other users, the specific user B and other users C share a common topic Suppose a comment is posted on SNS. However, in the setting of browsing only the comment of the specific user B, the comment that the specific user B is uttering to the other user C can be viewed, but the other user C is uttering to the specific user B. You cannot view comments. In this case, it is extremely difficult to grasp the content (context) related to a common topic by a specific user B and another user C.

  In such a case, the setting may be made so that comments of other users C can be viewed. However, on the other hand, when the user A does not want to view the comments of the other user C, the user A wants to browse only the comments on the common topic by the specific user B and the other user C, I do not want to browse other comments by other users C.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and is intended to protect privacy, facilitate filtering of SNS users, and obtain necessary information as efficiently as necessary. An object is to provide an apparatus.

  In order to solve the above problems, the information processing apparatus of the present invention is connected via a network to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server to which messages are posted by a plurality of users. An information processing apparatus, wherein a part of a plurality of users is stored as a specific user whose post message to the SNS server is to be handled by a predetermined rule in the information processing apparatus, and an SNS by a plurality of users other than the specific user Handling of a message posted to the server is determined according to the degree of association of the user with a specific user.

  In order to solve the above problems, the control method of the present invention is connected to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server to which messages are posted by a plurality of users via a network. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein a part of a plurality of users is stored as a specific user who should handle a message posted to the SNS server by a predetermined rule in the information processing apparatus, and a plurality of users other than the specific user The handling of the posted message to the SNS server by the user is determined according to the degree of relevance of the user to the specific user.

  In order to solve the above problems, the program of the present invention is connected via a network to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server to which a message is posted by a plurality of users. A computer-readable program to be executed by the information processing apparatus, storing a part of a plurality of users as a specific user who should handle a post message to the SNS server by the user according to a predetermined rule in the information processing apparatus, The handling of the posted message to the SNS server by a plurality of users other than the specific user is determined according to the degree of association of the user with the specific user.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while protecting privacy, filtering of the SNS user can be made easy and required information can be acquired as efficiently as necessary.

It is a conceptual diagram showing a mode that the information processing apparatus and each server of embodiment of this invention were connected via the network. It is a functional block of the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of a display screen which sets the person who displays / hides a comment in the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of a display screen at the time of using SNS in the information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the utilization aspect of a social graph in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence by the information processing apparatus of embodiment of this invention.

  Next, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part which is the same or it corresponds, The duplication description is simplified thru | or abbreviate | omitted suitably. Briefly explaining the contents of the present invention, an information processing apparatus connected via a network to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server in which messages are posted by a plurality of users. , A part of a plurality of users is stored as a specific user who should handle a message posted to the SNS server by the information processing device according to a predetermined rule, and a message posted to the SNS server by a plurality of users other than the specific user By determining the handling according to the degree of relevance of the user to the specific user, privacy can be protected, filtering of SNS users can be facilitated, and necessary information can be acquired as efficiently as necessary. It can be done.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, although the relevance degree of users mentioned above is defined based on the social graph which shows the relationship of the users who acquire from a SNS server, this invention is not limited to this, The relationship between users Any method can be used as long as it can be determined.

  Further, the above-mentioned “predetermined rule” means, for example, that a part of a plurality of users is a first user group to be displayed on the information processing apparatus as a message posted to the SNS server by the user, A user message such that a part of a plurality of users not included in one user group is a second user group that should be a message to be posted to the SNS server by the user as a non-display target in the information processing apparatus. The rules for how to handle

  “Handling a message” is mainly described as “displaying or hiding a message” in the following description of this embodiment, but is merely an example. That is, of course, displaying or hiding messages by other users that the user has positively selected is included, but messages by other users not selected by the user are described above, for example, Displaying or not displaying depending on the degree of association between users is also included.

  Furthermore, the above-described configuration of “storing a part of a plurality of users as a specific user who should handle a message posted to the SNS server by a predetermined rule in the information processing apparatus” in the present invention is, for example, “ It is expressed as a superordinate concept including a configuration of “user selection means for selecting a user who displays a comment posted on the SNS server and a user who does not display a comment posted on the SNS server” among a plurality of users.

  Further, the configuration of “determining the handling of posted messages to the SNS server by a plurality of users other than the specific user according to the degree of association of the user with the specific user” is, for example, the “social graph acquisition means in the present invention” Based on the acquired social graph, a determination unit that determines whether or not the user selected by the user selection unit and another user not selected by the user selection unit are related to each other is selected by the determination unit Point granting means for giving each other user a point for determining whether or not to display a comment posted on the SNS server by another user determined to be associated with the other user; A comment posted to the SNS server by another user based on the points given by the means is displayed. It is a representation as a generic concept that includes configuration of a determination unit "whether to.

  Hereinafter, in the description of the present embodiment, “comment” is exemplified as information exchanged between users via the SNS server, but this is a subordinate concept included in the message of the present invention. “Message” is not limited to “comment”.

  First, the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of an information processing system 1 including an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the information processing apparatuses 10 and 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention include, for example, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) as a representative. In addition, examples of the portable information terminal 30 in the present embodiment include a smartphone, a mobile phone, and a PDA.

  The information processing apparatus 10 is connected to an SNS server 50 used by a specific public through a Web network 40 that can be connected widely by the public, such as the Internet. In the present embodiment, a Facebook server will be described as an example of the SNS server 50, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that it is compatible with a Twitter server or any SNS server that will appear in the future. .

  Then, a user (not shown) of the information processing apparatus 10 connects to the SNS server 50 via the Web network 40 such as the Internet using the information processing apparatus 10 and posts a comment on his / her recent situation using, for example, Facebook or Twitter. It shall be. In FIG. 1, only the information processing apparatus 10, the information processing apparatus 20, and the portable information terminal 30 are connected to the Web network 40 such as the Internet. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of apparatuses are connected. Needless to say. Hereinafter, the information processing apparatus 10 will be mainly described.

  Next, functional blocks representing the configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment acquires a social graph indicating a relationship between a network connection processing unit 101 for connecting to the SNS server 50 via the network 40 and a user who uses the SNS from the SNS server 50. The graph acquisition unit 102, the user selection unit 103 that selects users who display comments and users who do not display comments, and the relationship between the selected user and other users that are not selected are determined based on the social graph. The determination unit 104 to perform, the point granting unit 105 for assigning points for determining whether or not to display other user's comments, and whether or not to display the comments of other users based on the given points And a determination unit 106 for determining Furthermore, the determination unit 106 includes a threshold value changing unit 1061 that can change the threshold value.

  Next, a display setting screen example 200 displayed on the display provided in the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Schematically, in this display setting screen example 200, a comment to be displayed / hidden on the Facebook or Twitter timeline is set based on user information.

  First, in this display setting screen example 200, a plurality of users who post the acquired comments are displayed with a substantially rectangular icon indicating a face photo and a name. For example, the icon 201a has a face photo and name of child A, the icon 201b has a face photo and name of child B, the icon 201c has a face photo and name of child C, and the icon 201x has a face photo of X man. The icon 201y shows the face photo and name of the Y man, and the icon 201z shows the face photo and name of the Z man. Each icon accepts a selection operation by a pointing device such as a user's mouse.

  A display switching icon 202 arranged at the upper right of the display setting screen example 200 is an icon for allowing the user to switch whether the display setting is performed for Facebook or Twitter. In the lower left of the screen example 200, an all-person selection icon 203 that accepts a user operation when displaying all the comments on the timeline is arranged. Next to the right is a group display icon 204 that accepts a user operation when performing group display. Here, the group display refers to displaying a group of users that are associated with a certain common item such as a classmate. A confirmation icon 205 arranged at the lower right of the screen example 200 is an icon that reflects this selection process on the apparatus after the user selects each icon. Further, the cancel icon 206 is an icon for canceling the selection of each icon by the user.

  In addition, although the title “connection setting” is written in the upper left of the display setting screen example 200, for example, in the case of Facebook, display setting is performed for each user's comment related to itself, that is, connected as a friend. Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to this coined word.

  Next, referring to FIG. 4, an example of a timeline display screen (here, Facebook) when a comment to be displayed on the timeline is set on the basis of the user according to the above-described display setting screen example 200 of the present embodiment will be described. explain. 4A shows a display screen example 300a before setting, and FIG. 4B shows a display screen example 300b after setting. As a common part of each display screen example, a search input unit 302 is arranged in the upper part of the screen, and a face photo and name of the user “M man” who uses Facebook in the information processing apparatus 10 are on the right side of the screen. It is displayed.

  First, a display screen example 300a before setting will be described with reference to FIG. A comment posted by another user, such as a news feed 301x, is displayed at a position occupying approximately 2/3 of the screen near the center of the figure. The news feeds 301x displayed here are all posted by male X, and a line 303 that links the feeds in time series is displayed near the center in the longitudinal direction. In addition, a connection setting icon 304 for executing “connection setting” is arranged at the lower left of the display screen example 300a. When the connection setting icon 304 is selected, the display setting screen example 200 described above is entered.

  Furthermore, when a user narrowing icon 305 for performing user filtering is selected by a user operation with a mouse or the like, the user filtering process of the present embodiment is executed.

  An X man's face photo and name are displayed in the upper left of the news feed 301x, an attached image is displayed near the center, and a comment posted by the X man is displayed on the right. Also, in the lower left of the news feed 301x, “Like! ] Icon is arranged. For example, if M man supports this comment of X man, “Like! When the icon is clicked with the mouse, the information is notified on the display screen of the information processing apparatus or the like used by the X man who uses Facebook.

  In the upper news feed 301x, “I went to the beach with my family.” ] And a photographic image showing the state are displayed. In the middle news feed 301y, X man said, “I enjoyed barbecue during this time. ] And a photographic image showing the state are displayed. Furthermore, in the lower news feed 301z, X man said, “But there were a lot of mosquitoes. ] And a photographic image showing the state are displayed. Here, although three comments are displayed, it is needless to say that the number is not limited to this. Needless to say, a comment hidden under the screen can be made to appear by a user's icon operation using a scroll bar (not shown).

  Here, for example, the M man who is the user has commented as a comment 301z by the X man, “But mosquitoes have been generated in large numbers. It can be understood that “” is a comment issued to other users. However, for example, if only the comment of X man is set to be displayed, all comments displayed on the timeline are by X man, and comments made by other users to X man are not displayed. And the content (context) of the conversation with other users cannot be understood. In such a case, this can be solved by performing the user filtering process according to the present embodiment.

  Therefore, a description will be given with reference to FIG. 4B and FIG. 5A as a display screen example 300b after the user filtering process is performed. Here, for example, it is assumed that M man selects X man as a user who wants to display a comment and does not select A child. Then, the determination unit 104 determines that the X man and the child A are connected as friends from the social graph acquired by the social graph acquisition unit 102. In addition, it is assumed that another user who has issued a comment corresponding to the comment 301z is a child A. However, since the child A is not selected as the user who wants the child A to display the comment, the child A cannot see the comment on the child X by the child A with this setting.

  FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of a social graph showing the relationship between users centered on M man, for example. Here, it is assumed that M man is connected to A child, B child, C child, Y man and Z man as friends on Facebook, for example. The double line in the figure indicates the relationship between the male X and the male B selected as a user for whom the male M wants to display a comment. In addition, the single line in the figure shows the relationship with the C child and the Y man who have not selected whether or not the M man displays the comment. Furthermore, the broken line in the figure indicates the relationship with the child A and the man Z selected as a user who does not want the M man to display the comment. In the present embodiment, for simplification of explanation, the social graph showing the relationship of the above seven persons including the M man is used as an example, and it goes without saying that the present invention is limited to this.

  Moreover, the dashed-dotted line of the figure has shown the relationship between each user connected as a friend of M man. And the arrows arranged on both sides or one side of the alternate long and short dash line make it easy to display the comment of the child A for the child A and the child A who is selected by the user M as the user who wants to display the comment. The point “+1” (hereinafter referred to as “addition point”) is provided. A point that makes it difficult to display a comment is indicated as “−1” (hereinafter referred to as a subtraction point).

  An example of the point system will be described. For example, it is assumed that 2 points are given in advance to the X man and B child selected as the user for whom M man wants to display the comment, and the C child who has not selected whether or not to display the comment. It is assumed that 1 point is given in advance to the Y man and the Y man, and points are not given to the A child and the Z man who are not selected as a user for whom the M man wants to display comments. For convenience of explanation, the points given to each user are assumed to be points.

  From the above, an additional point is given to the X man who is selected as the user for whom the M man wants to display the comment and the A child who is a friend. Child A is a user who is not selected as a user for whom M man wants to display a comment, so the score was 0 points, but because the addition point “+1” was given, the score was 1 point. Become. The point giving unit 105 of the present embodiment performs the point giving process as described above.

  The points of each user in FIG. 5 will be described for each user. The child B is given 2 points in advance, but since the M man is connected as a friend to the C child and Y man who have not selected whether or not to display the comment, the additional point “+1” × 2 is awarded and the total points are 4 points. On the other hand, the C child and the Y man are given 1 point in advance, but since both are connected as a friend with the B child, an additional point “+1” is given and the score is 2 points.

  In addition, the child A who is not selected as the user for whom the M man wants to display the comment has 0 points, but since it is connected as a friend with the X man as described above, an additional point “+1” is given, The point is 1 point. On the other hand, X man has 2 points given in advance, but because he is connected to A child as a friend, subtraction point “−1” is given and his score is 1 point. In addition, since Z man is not connected as a friend with each user, the score remains 0 points.

  Furthermore, the determination unit 106 according to the present embodiment is based on a C child or a Y man who has not selected whether or not the M man displays a comment, for example, based on a predetermined threshold and the points of each user described above. It is determined whether or not to display comments and comments of A child and Z male who are not selected as a user for whom M male wants to display comments.

  The threshold setting will be described with reference to FIG. As mentioned above, the score of B child is 4 points, the score of C child and Y man is 2 points, the score of X man and A child is 1 point, and the score of Z man is 0 points. For example, when a threshold value for determining whether to display a comment is set to “1”, the determination unit 106 displays a user's comment given a score equal to or higher than the threshold value “1”, and is less than “1”. It is determined not to display the user's comment.

  In the example of X man and A child described above, A child was initially 0 points, but since it was connected as a friend with X man, additional points were given and the score was 1 point, so a comment is displayed Will be. Note that the threshold value can be changed by the threshold value changing unit 1061 included in the determination unit 106. For example, when the number of users is enormous, such as 1000 or more, it is possible to adjust the number of users who display necessary comments by changing the threshold value to an arbitrary value. Note that the above-described point assignment system and threshold setting are merely examples, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific numerical values described above.

  Returning to the description of the display screen example in FIG. First, in the above-described display setting screen example 200 in FIG. 3, M man selects X man and B child who are users who want to display comments, and A child that has not been selected as a user who wants to display comments. Suppose that Z man is selected. At this time, for example, when the user to be displayed is selected, the selected user icon is highlighted in white, and when the user is not selected as the user to be displayed, the selected user icon is highlighted in black. The selection state shall be judged.

  First, M man selects the user narrowing icon 305 in the display screen example 300a of FIG. 4A, and executes user filtering processing. Then, in FIG. 4B, in addition to X's comment, the child A's news feed 301a that was not displayed before processing is newly displayed. In other words, as A child's news feed 301a, A child said, “It was open in nature. ] And a photographic image showing the state are displayed.

  As a result, “M” had a fun barbecue during this time as news feed 301y by X. ”, As a news feed 301z,“ But there were a lot of mosquitoes. The above-mentioned comment of A child corresponding to the comment of “ Therefore, M man can grasp the content (context) concerning the barbecue by X man and A child.

  Moreover, it is good also as a following point system instead of the point system mentioned above. For example, a user who wants to display a comment belongs to class a, a user who does not want to display a comment belongs to class b, and an unselected user belongs to class c. Then, 5 points are given to users belonging to class a, -2 points are given to users belonging to class b, and 0 points are given to users belonging to class c. As described above, these assigned points are used as points.

  If a user is connected to a user belonging to class a, a point “+1” is given to the above-mentioned score. If a user is connected to a user belonging to class b, the above-mentioned score is given. Points "-1" is given.

  When the above point system is reflected in the example of the social graph shown in FIG. 5A, the point given to child B is 5 points, the point given to X man is 4 points, and C child and Y man The point given to is 1 point, the point given to the child A is -1 point, and the point given to the Z man is -2 points.

  With the system described above, the number of points is increased / decreased only by determining which class of user is connected, rather than whether or not many users are connected. It can be easily reflected.

  On the other hand, regarding the exchange (conversation) of comments by a plurality of users, display or non-display is determined by using the sum of points of each user. Referring to FIG. 4B described above, for example, when the threshold value is “1”, the tweet of the child A whose holding point is “−1” is not normally displayed. However, the comment from child A to male X is displayed because the total value of male male “4” and child A “-1” is “4−1 = 3> 1”. Will be.

  After that, for example, if connection is established between child A and child C, the point of child C that reflects the connection with child A belonging to class b is “0”, which is the sum of “1” and “−1”. , C child comments are not displayed. Furthermore, if the connection between C child and Y man is established, the score of C child is “0”, the score of Y man is “1”, and the point does not change, but the total value of the two points is “1”. "It becomes a point. Therefore, the conversation between the two is displayed.

  Thus, the display / non-display of the comment can be controlled so as to suit the user's intention by the initial value of the point with respect to the setting and the correction method of the point by the social graph between the users.

  Next, the comment display setting process procedure of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, a case where Facebook is used by the information processing apparatus 10 will be described. First, M man accesses the Facebook server as the SNS server 50 connected to the network 40 via the network connection processing unit 101, and shows the relationship between M man and each user together with all comments posted by each user. A graph is acquired by the social graph acquisition unit 102 (step S1).

  Thereafter, a Facebook display screen, for example, the above-described display screen example 300a is displayed. In the display setting screen example 200 shown in FIG. 3, M man selects X man and B child as users who want to display comments, and A child and Z man as users who do not want to display comments ( Step S2). In addition, the user selection part 103 receives the user's selection operation by said M man. In addition, this user selection setting may be performed in advance at the start of SNS usage, or may be performed again during SNS usage. In order to change to the screen of the display screen setting example 200, the connection setting icon 304 is selected.

  In the display screen example 300a, only the comment of the male X selected as the user who wants to display the comment is displayed. As mentioned above, “I enjoyed barbecue during this time as news feed 301y by X man. ”, As a news feed 301z,“ But there were a lot of mosquitoes. In the comment “”, M man cannot grasp the topic about barbecue. Therefore, M man selects user narrowing icon 305.

  Upon receiving the selection operation of the user narrowing icon 305 by M man, the determination unit 104 determines that, for example, X man and A child are connected as friends based on the social graph (step S3).

  Next, the point giving unit 105 gives an addition point to the child A connected to the X man selected as the user for whom the M man wants to display the comment, and the M man does not want to display the comment. A subtraction point is given to the X male connected to the selected child A (step S4). As a result, as described above, both the X male and the A child have 1 point.

  And the determination part 106 determines whether the comment by another user is displayed based on a predetermined threshold value (step S6). That is, as described above, a comment by a user with a score greater than the threshold “1” is displayed, and a comment by a user with a score less than the threshold “1” is not displayed. In the above example, the comment of the child A, who was initially selected as the user who does not want the M man to display the comment, is given one point as a result of the addition of the additional points as described above. It is displayed to satisfy “1” or more.

  According to the above-described embodiment, the user's privacy is protected by selecting and displaying the comment that the user wants to display on the information processing device on the user side, and the filtering of the user who uses the SNS is facilitated. Necessary comments can be obtained as efficiently as necessary.

  Each of the above-described embodiments is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the above function can be realized by a computer-executable program written in a programming language such as an assembler or C language.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 10, 20 Information processing apparatus 30 Portable information terminal 40 Network 50 SNS server 101 Network connection process part 102 Social graph acquisition part 103 User selection part 104 Judgment part 105 Point grant part 106 Judgment part

Claims (11)

An information processing apparatus connected via a network to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server in which messages are posted by a plurality of users,
Storing a part of the plurality of users as a specific user who should handle a post message to the SNS server by the user according to a predetermined rule in the information processing apparatus;
An information processing apparatus, wherein handling of posted messages to the SNS server by the plurality of users other than the specific user is determined according to a degree of association of the user with the specific user. An information processing apparatus connected via a network to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server in which messages are posted by a plurality of users,
A part of the plurality of users is stored as a first user group to be displayed on the information processing apparatus as a message posted to the SNS server by the user, and is not included in the first user group Storing a part of the plurality of users as a second user group to be posted to the SNS server by the user as a non-display target in the information processing apparatus;
Handling of post messages to the SNS server by the plurality of users not included in the first user group or the second user group, the user belonging to the first user group, or the user An information processing apparatus that is determined according to a degree of association with users belonging to a second user group.   The handling of a post message is determined according to the degree of association determined based on a social graph obtained from the SNS server and indicating the relationship between the plurality of users. Information processing device. An information processing apparatus connected to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server used by a plurality of users via a network,
Social graph acquisition means for acquiring a social graph indicating the relationship between the plurality of users from the SNS server;
A user selection means for selecting a user who displays a comment posted on the SNS server and a user who does not display a comment posted on the SNS server, among the plurality of users;
Judgment whether or not the user selected by the user selection unit and another user not selected by the user selection unit are related to each other based on the social graph acquired by the social graph acquisition unit Means,
Points for determining whether or not to display a comment posted on the SNS server by another user determined to be associated with the selected user by the determination means for each of the other users Point grant means to grant,
An information processing apparatus comprising: determination means for determining whether or not to display a comment posted by the other user on the SNS server based on the points given by the point giving means.   The point granting unit is configured to display a comment posted to the SNS server by the other user when the selected user determines that the selected user is a user who displays a comment posted to the SNS server. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein points for facilitating display are given.   The point granting unit, when the judging unit judges that the selected user is a user who does not display a comment posted to the SNS server, a comment posted to the SNS server by the other user 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a point for making display difficult is given.   The determination means determines that a comment posted by the other user on the SNS server is displayed when a total value of points given by the point grant means is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 6.   The determination means determines that the comment posted by the other user on the SNS server is not displayed when the total value of the points given by the point grant means is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 7.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a threshold value changing unit that changes the threshold value. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus connected via a network to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server in which messages are posted by a plurality of users,
Storing a part of the plurality of users as a specific user who should handle a post message to the SNS server by the user according to a predetermined rule in the information processing apparatus;
A control method, wherein handling of a post message to the SNS server by the plurality of users other than the specific user is determined in accordance with the degree of association of the user with the specific user. A computer-readable program that is executed by an information processing apparatus connected via a network to a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) server to which messages are posted by a plurality of users,
Storing a part of the plurality of users as a specific user who should handle a post message to the SNS server by the user according to a predetermined rule in the information processing apparatus;
A program for determining a handling of a post message to the SNS server by the plurality of users other than the specific user according to a degree of relevance of the user with the specific user.

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