Incorporation of content from an external followed user within a social networking system
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1. A computer-implemented method performed by a social networking system, comprising:
- receiving, by the social networking system, from a remote third-party system hosting a third-party application, the remote third-party system different from the social networking system, a notification that a first user has a unidirectional connection with a second user on the third-party application, wherein the first user has a first social networking user account on the social networking system and the second user has a second social networking user account on the social networking system that is different from the first social networking user account, and wherein the first user has a first third-party user account on the third-party system and the second user has a second third-party user account on the third-party system;
receiving, from the third-party application, a notification that the second user has posted content on the third-party application;
generating a feed for the first user, the feed comprising a post that contains at least a portion of the content posted by the second user on the third-party application, the post being attributed to the second social networking user account of the second user; and
sending the feed for display to a client device of the first user, wherein the social networking system and the remote third-party system are different from the client device of the first user.
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Abstract
A following user follows a followed user on a third-party application. The followed user may additionally approve the inclusion of content posted by the followed user on the third-party application within an account of any following users on the social networking system. Subsequent postings by the followed user on the third-party application cause the third-party application to notify the social networking system of the posting. The social networking system in turn incorporates the posting of the followed user on the third-party application into a user interface that it displays to the following user.
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1. A computer-implemented method performed by a social networking system, comprising:
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receiving, by the social networking system, from a remote third-party system hosting a third-party application, the remote third-party system different from the social networking system, a notification that a first user has a unidirectional connection with a second user on the third-party application, wherein the first user has a first social networking user account on the social networking system and the second user has a second social networking user account on the social networking system that is different from the first social networking user account, and wherein the first user has a first third-party user account on the third-party system and the second user has a second third-party user account on the third-party system; receiving, from the third-party application, a notification that the second user has posted content on the third-party application; generating a feed for the first user, the feed comprising a post that contains at least a portion of the content posted by the second user on the third-party application, the post being attributed to the second social networking user account of the second user; and sending the feed for display to a client device of the first user, wherein the social networking system and the remote third-party system are different from the client device of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
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instructions for receiving, by a social networking system from a remote system hosting a third-party application, the remote system different from the social networking system, a notification that a first user has a unidirectional connection with a second user on the third-party application, wherein the first user has a first social networking user account on the social networking system and the second user has a second social networking user account on the social networking system that is different from the first social networking user account, and wherein the first user has a first third-party user account on the third-party system and the second user has a second third-party user account on the third-party system; instructions for receiving, by the social networking system from the third-party application, a notification that the second user has posted content on the third-party application; instructions for generating, by the social networking system, a feed for the first user, the feed comprising a post that contains at least a portion of the content posted by the second user on the third-party application, the post being attributed to the second social networking user account of the second user; and instructions for sending, by the social networking system, the feed for display to a client device of the first user, wherein the social networking system and the third-party application are different from the client device of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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