Intelligently splitting text in messages posted on social media website to be more readable and understandable for user
View Patent ↗A method, system and computer program product for improving readability and understandability in messages posted on a social media website. The messages posted on a social media website, such as the user's social networking feed, are scanned. The scanned messages are analyzed for topics, meaning and/or tenses using natural language processing. The text in the scanned messages are split into message segments based on topic, meaning, tenses, punctuation, custom identifiers, hashtags and/or @ symbols. These message segments are then grouped based on relatedness of the topics, meaning and/or tenses. The message segments are ordered in each group of message segments, such as based on timestamps. The ordered message segments are then displayed to the user. By displaying these message segments in separate groupings in a logical order, the user will be able to view the messages posted on the user's social media website in a more readable and understandable manner.
1. A method for addressing a technical problem of social networking sites presenting posts or updates that include messages with multiple topics embedded within them that leads to confusion, the method comprising:
scanning messages posted on said social media website, wherein said social media website comprises a user's profile page or a social networking feed;
analyzing, by a processor, said scanned messages for topics, meaning and tenses using natural language processing;
splitting text in said scanned messages into message segments based on said topics, said meaning and said tenses;
grouping said message segments into one or more groups based on relatedness of said topics, said meaning and said tenses;
ordering said messages segments in each of said one or more groups of message segments based on timestamps and/or character symbols; and
displaying said ordered message segments in each of said one or more groups of message segments for improving the technical problem of social networking sites presenting posts or updates that include messages with multiple topics embedded within them that leads to confusion.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:
posting said ordered message segments in a group of message segments.
3. The method as recited in claim 2 further comprising:
providing a user an ability to specify when to post said ordered message segments in said group of message segments.
4. The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein said user specifies when to post said ordered message segments in said group of message segments using a character symbol.
5. The method as recited in claim 2 further comprising:
posting said ordered message segments in said group of message segments along with a user's update or comment.
6. The method as recited in claim 2 further comprising:
posting said ordered message segments in said group of message segments onto another user's social media website.
7. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein said posting of said ordered message segments in said group of message segments is in connection with an update or comment to a post.
8. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:
receiving feedback regarding approval or disapproval of order of said message segments in a group of message segments.
9. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising:
storing said feedback to be used in analysis as to whether to reorder said message segments in said group of message segments.
10. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:
splitting text in said scanned messages into said message segments based on said topics, said meaning, said tenses, punctuation, predefined custom identifiers, hashtags and character symbols.
11. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein said punctuation comprises a period, wherein said predefined custom identifiers comprise a semicolon.
12. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said character symbols comprise an @ symbol.
13. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said scanning is performed periodically.
14. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said scanning is performed in response to a particular number of characters posted.
15. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said scanning is performed in response to a number of posts and/or an amount of text.