Information Monitoring System and Method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for: identifying an actively-discussed piece of content within a portion of an alternative-social-media platform; and disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
1 . A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing device, comprising:
identifying an actively-discussed piece of content within a portion of an alternative-social-media platform; and
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying an actively-discussed piece of content on an alternative-social-media platform includes:
identifying the actively-discussed piece of content on the alternative-social-media platform in response to proactive broad-based monitoring of the alternative-social-media platform.
3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying an actively-discussed piece of content on an alternative-social-media platform includes:
identifying the actively-discussed piece of content on the alternative-social-media platform in response to reactive focused-based monitoring of the alternative-social-media platform.
4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content within the alternative-social-media platform.
5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the alternative-social-media platform to a mainstream social-media platform.
6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes one or more of:
pre-bunking the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform; and
debunking the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
posting unrelated/distracting content on the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
questioning/challenging the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising;
identify a particular group on the alternative-social-media platform associated with the actively-discussed piece of content; and
defining a propagation likelihood for the particular group on the alternative-social-media platform to gauge the likelihood of the actively-discussed piece of content spreading within/out of the alternative-social-media platform.
11 . A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
identifying an actively-discussed piece of content within a portion of an alternative-social-media platform; and
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
12 . The computer program product of claim 11 wherein identifying an actively-discussed piece of content on an alternative-social-media platform includes:
identifying the actively-discussed piece of content on the alternative-social-media platform in response to proactive broad-based monitoring of the alternative-social-media platform.
13 . The computer program product of claim 11 wherein identifying an actively-discussed piece of content on an alternative-social-media platform includes:
identifying the actively-discussed piece of content on the alternative-social-media platform in response to reactive focused-based monitoring of the alternative-social-media platform.
14 . The computer program product of claim 11 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content within the alternative-social-media platform.
15 . The computer program product of claim 11 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the alternative-social-media platform to a mainstream social-media platform.
16 . The computer program product of claim 11 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
17 . The computer program product of claim 16 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes one or more of:
pre-bunking the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform; and
debunking the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
18 . The computer program product of claim 16 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
posting unrelated/distracting content on the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
19 . The computer program product of claim 16 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
questioning/challenging the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
20 . The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising;
identify a particular group on the alternative-social-media platform associated with the actively-discussed piece of content; and
defining a propagation likelihood for the particular group on the alternative-social-media platform to gauge the likelihood of the actively-discussed piece of content spreading within/out of the alternative-social-media platform.
21 . A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:
identifying an actively-discussed piece of content within a portion of an alternative-social-media platform; and
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
22 . The computing system of claim 21 wherein identifying an actively-discussed piece of content on an alternative-social-media platform includes:
identifying the actively-discussed piece of content on the alternative-social-media platform in response to proactive broad-based monitoring of the alternative-social-media platform.
23 . The computing system of claim 21 wherein identifying an actively-discussed piece of content on an alternative-social-media platform includes:
identifying the actively-discussed piece of content on the alternative-social-media platform in response to reactive focused-based monitoring of the alternative-social-media platform.
24 . The computing system of claim 21 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content within the alternative-social-media platform.
25 . The computing system of claim 21 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the alternative-social-media platform to a mainstream social-media platform.
26 . The computing system of claim 21 wherein disrupting the propagation of the actively-discussed piece of content from the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
27 . The computing system of claim 26 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes one or more of:
pre-bunking the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform; and
debunking the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
28 . The computing system of claim 26 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
posting unrelated/distracting content on the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
29 . The computing system of claim 26 wherein diluting the influence of the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform includes:
questioning/challenging the actively-discussed piece of content within the portion of the alternative-social-media platform.
30 . The computing system of claim 21 further comprising;
identify a particular group on the alternative-social-media platform associated with the actively-discussed piece of content; and
defining a propagation likelihood for the particular group on the alternative-social-media platform to gauge the likelihood of the actively-discussed piece of content spreading within/out of the alternative-social-media platform.