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The technology disclosed herein may enable ranking comments based on the influence of the author. An example method may involve obtaining a plurality of comments associated with a media item, wherein the media item is provided by a first entity and at least one of the plurality of comments is provided by a second entity; determining, by a processing device, an attribution score of the second entity, the attribution score being based on a number of entities that engage with the media item using a sharing message of the second entity; determining, by the processing device, rankings for one or more of the plurality of comments based on the attribution score of the second entity; and providing the media item and at least a first comment and a second comment of the plurality of comments to be displayed in an order based on the rankings.

