US Patent 9799081 Content recommendation platform

A method for recommending content is disclosed. The method includes identifying social relationship data for a user, the social relationship data including a set of associated users, determining a subset of the set of associated users based on similarity of content item interaction on a content sharing server, and providing the subset of associated users as recommended users to follow by the user. The method also includes receiving an indication of a selection of users from the subset of associated users, originating a social content item recommendation list for the user based on the selected users, and providing the social content item recommendation list to the user.