2. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the interest score for each of the comments associated with the content item comprises: determining a comment score associated with a comment, the comment score representing a popularity of the comment among users of the social networking system; determining an affinity between the requesting user and a user associated with the comment; and generating an interest score for the comment based on the comment score and the affinity.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating the interest score for each of the comments associated with the content item comprises: determining a comment score associated with a comment, the comment score representing a popularity of the comment among users of the social networking system; determining an affinity between the requesting user and a user associated with the comment; and generating an interest score for the comment based on the comment score and the affinity. 4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the comment score is calculated based on a number of times the comment has been indicated as unwanted.