Systems and Methods for a Catalog of Trending and Trusted Items

1 . A method comprising:

determining a plurality of first recommendations from a set of users within a trust network of a first user, wherein each user from the set of users is associated with one of the plurality of first recommendations;

determining respective time differences between respective chronologically successive first recommendations of the plurality of first recommendations;

determining one or more second recommendations that satisfy one or more popularity criteria; and

arranging for display:

the plurality of first recommendations in a chronologically-based order; and

one or more of the one or more second recommendations, wherein a respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is inserted between the respective chronologically successive first recommendations whose time difference is greater than a threshold.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

arranging for display the plurality of first recommendations in the chronologically-based order comprises:

arranging for display the plurality of first recommendations in a reverse chronological order.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

determining the one or more second recommendations that satisfy the one or more popularity criteria comprises:

for the respective second recommendation:

assigning a score to the respective second recommendation, the score having an initial value;

detecting actions taken by users on the respective second recommendation;

updating the score based on the detected actions; and

determining that the respective second recommendation satisfies the popularity criteria when the score meets or exceeds a score threshold for the respective second recommendation.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

for the respective second recommendation:

when the score exceeds the score threshold, increasing the score threshold for the respective second recommendation.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein:

updating the score based on the detected actions comprises:

increasing the score when a respective detected action of the detected actions is at least one of:

a view of the respective second recommendation by a viewing user;

a sharing of the respective second recommendation by the viewing user; or

a purchase transaction made by the viewing user in response to the respective second recommendation.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more popularity criteria comprise:

the respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is recommended by at least a minimum number of users from the set of users.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the minimum number of users from the set of users is approximately 5 percent of the set of users.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the minimum number of users from the set of users is approximately 15 percent of the set of users.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more popularity criteria comprise:

the respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is recommended by a trusted user from the set of users, the trusted user has a trust level of at least a minimum trust level from a perspective of the first user.

10 . A method comprising:

determining a plurality of first recommendations from a set of users within a trust network of a first user, wherein each user from the set of users is associated with one of the plurality of first recommendations;

determining respective time differences between respective chronologically successive first recommendations of the plurality of first recommendations;

determining one or more second recommendations that satisfy one or more popularity criteria; and

arranging for display a catalog of recommendations for the first user:

the plurality of first recommendations in a chronologically-based order; and

one or more of the second recommendations, wherein a respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is inserted between the respective chronologically successive first recommendations whose time difference is greater than a threshold;

wherein the one or more popularity criteria comprise at least one of:

the respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is recommended by at least a minimum number of users from the set of users;

the respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is recommended by a trusted user from the set of users, the trusted user has a trust level of at least a minimum trust level from a perspective of the first user; or

for the respective second recommendation:

assigning a score to the respective second recommendation, the score having an initial value;

detecting actions taken by users on the recommendation;

updating the score based on the detected actions; and

determining that the respective second recommendation satisfies the popularity criteria when the score meets or exceeds a score threshold for the respective second recommendation.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein:

arranging for display further comprises sending instructions to display the catalog of recommendations for the first user to the first user.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein:

arranging for display further comprises sending instructions to display the catalog of recommendations for the first user to a different user.

13 . A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors;

wherein, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

determining a plurality of first recommendations from a set of users within a trust network of a first user, wherein each user from the set of users is associated with one of the plurality of first recommendations;

determining respective time differences between respective chronologically successive first recommendations of the plurality of first recommendations;

determining one or more second recommendations that satisfy one or more popularity criteria; and

arranging for display:

the plurality of first recommendations in a chronologically based order; and

one or more of the one or more second recommendations, wherein a respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is inserted between the respective chronologically successive first recommendations whose time difference is greater than a threshold.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein:

arranging for display the plurality of first recommendations in the chronologically based order comprises:

arranging for display the plurality of first recommendations in a reverse chronological order.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein:

determining one or more second recommendations that satisfy the one or more popularity criteria comprises:

for the respective second recommendation:

assigning a score to the respective second recommendation, the score having an initial value;

detecting actions taken by users on the respective second recommendation;

updating the score based on the detected actions; and

determining that the respective second recommendation satisfies the popularity criteria when the score meets or exceeds a score threshold for the respective second recommendation.

16 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising:

for the respective second recommendation:

when the score exceeds the score threshold, increasing the score threshold for the respective second recommendation.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein:

updating the score based on the detected actions comprises:

increasing the score when a respective detected action of the detected actions is at least one of:

a view of the respective second recommendation by a viewing user;

a sharing of the respective second recommendation by the viewing user; or

a purchase transaction made by the viewing user in response to the respective second recommendation.

18 . The system of claim 13 , wherein:

the one or more popularity criteria comprise:

the respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is recommended by at least a minimum number of users from the set of users.

19 . The system of claim 13 , wherein:

the one or more popularity criteria comprise:

the respective second recommendation of the one or more second recommendations is recommended by a trusted user from the set of users, the trusted user has a trust level of at least a minimum trust level from a perspective of the first user.

20 . The system of claim 13 , wherein:

arranging for display further comprises sending instructions to display to the first user the plurality of first recommendations in the chronologically-based order for the first and the one or more of the one or more second recommendations for the first user.