Dynamically providing a feed of stories about a user of a social networking system
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1. A method comprising:
- monitoring plurality of activities in a social network environment;
generating a plurality of news items regarding one or more of the activities, wherein the news items is for presentation to one or more viewing users and relates to an activity that was performed by a target user;
limiting access to the plurality of news items to a set of viewing users based on a privacy setting of the target user; and
displaying a news feed comprising at least one of the plurality of news items to at least one viewing user of the set of viewing users.
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Abstract
To display a news feed in a social network environment, a social networking system generates news items regarding activities associated with a user of a social network environment. The social networking system may also attach an informational link associated with at least one of the activities to at least one of the news items, limit access to the news items to a predetermined set of viewers, and assign an order to the news items. The news items may be displayed in the assigned order to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewers, and the number of news items displayed may be dynamically limited.
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring plurality of activities in a social network environment; generating a plurality of news items regarding one or more of the activities, wherein the news items is for presentation to one or more viewing users and relates to an activity that was performed by a target user; limiting access to the plurality of news items to a set of viewing users based on a privacy setting of the target user; and displaying a news feed comprising at least one of the plurality of news items to at least one viewing user of the set of viewing users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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monitor plurality of activities in a social network environment; generate a plurality of news items regarding one or more of the activities, wherein the news items is for presentation to one or more viewing users and relates to an activity that was performed by a target user; limit access to the plurality of news items to a set of viewing users based on a privacy setting of the target user; and display a news feed comprising at least one of the plurality of news items to at least one viewing user of the set of viewing users. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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