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USER-SPECIFIED DISTRIBUTION OF STORIES DESCRIBING USER ACTIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM

  • US 20140379483A1
  • Filed: 06/20/2013
  • Published: 12/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a sponsored story unit to one or more client devices for presentation to one or more users of the social networking system connected to an acting user of the social networking system, the sponsored story unit including a description of an action associated with the acting user;

    responsive to the presentation of the sponsored story unit to the one or more users of the social networking system, providing instructions to a client device associated with the acting user that cause the client device to present a notification to the acting user, the notification including information describing the presented sponsored story unit including the description of the action associated with the acting user and including one or more settings for preventing inclusion of one or more actions associated with the acting user in one or more sponsored story units;

    receiving one or more selected settings included in the notification from the client device associated with the acting user;

    storing the one or more selected settings in a user profile associated with the acting user and maintained by the social networking system; and

    modifying the sponsored story unit for presentation based on the one or more selected settings.

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