Social Network Story Structure for Content Aggregation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Social networking systems face limitations in facilitating the collection and display of heterogeneous multimedia post items associated with a particular topic or event, leading to user discouragement due to overbearing updates and timeliness issues, as users are hesitant to share multiple related posts fearing spamming their friends.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a 'story' structure that allows users to aggregate related content items, enabling users to tag other users and set permission settings, with a user interface that displays posts in a chiclet-style, horizontally scrollable format, allowing users to add posts within a predetermined time frame and maintain a unified thread for event-related content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users share multiple related posts individually, then the content can be displayed separately, but it creates overbearing updates and gives the appearance of spamming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple related posts into a single story structure that groups heterogeneous multimedia content (photos, videos, text) around a central theme or event. This merging allows users to share multiple related posts without creating separate newsfeed entries, thereby maintaining ease of sharing while eliminating the spamming perception associated with multiple individual updates.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If users aggregate related content in a unified structure, then spamming stigma is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the story structure into distinct functional components: a central theme/event identifier, heterogeneous multimedia post items, user tagging information, and permission settings. This segmentation allows the complex aggregation function to be implemented through modular, manageable elements that can be independently processed and displayed, thereby reducing the perceived system complexity while maintaining the unified story structure.
3Loss of time
If users can add posts within a predetermined time frame, then timeliness is improved, but the management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements predetermined time frames for adding posts to stories before they are automatically published to newsfeeds. This preliminary time window allows users to gather and organize related content without immediate publication pressure, improving timeliness by allowing thoughtful curation while the system automatically manages the time constraints, thereby reducing the burden of manual time management.
4Reliability
If permission settings are implemented for story access, then privacy control is improved, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements permission settings that apply locally to individual stories rather than globally to all user content. Each story can have its own access controls specifying which users or groups can view or contribute to that particular story. This local application of permission settings provides fine-grained privacy control for sensitive content while maintaining ease of operation for public or semi-public stories that don't require complex access management.
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a social-networking system, an identifier corresponding to a first post item stored in the social-networking system. A first set of users is associated with the first post item. The method also includes receiving, at the social-networking system, a second post item. A second set of users is associated with the second post item. The method additionally includes associating the first and second post items with a story structure. The method further includes providing one of the post items in the story structure to a client for display.