The Relevant news-sharing app uses reputation and incentive protocols to promote the curation of quality information. The reputation protocol is used to identify and rank experts for any number of topics. This enables us to rank content based on the level of expertise of those who share and endorse it. The incentive protocol encourages all users to increase the overall quality of information on the platform. Expert users are incentivized to share and rate information they deem relevant, while non-expert users are encouraged to identify predictably popular (or poor) content that does not require extra attention. Relevant protocols are designed to accommodate general use cases and can be used in a variety of other apps and services that require effective methods for sourcing quality content.