Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for maintaining anonymity in an online social network. In some implementations, a user can be designated a ghost user with respect to an entity in the online social network. One or more invisibility levels can be determined for the ghost user. Data indicating content to display in accordance with one or more invisibility levels can be generated and provided to a display device configured to display a presentation of the social network feed associated with the entity in a user interface associated with a second user. Also disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for designating a proxy in an online social network. In some implementations, a first user can be designated as a proxy user of a second user in an online social network with respect to one or more entities within the online social network.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media for providing relevant data in a social network feed. In some implementations, a physical location of a computing device associated with a user is indicated. An entity is identified as having a physical location in proximity to the computing device. Relevant feed content associated with the identified entity is determined in accordance with one or more relevance parameters. Data is provided to the computing device to update a presentation of a social network feed to include or to graphically identify the determined feed content.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for generating a project workflow in an online social network. An indication of an event is received to initiate a project workflow. The project workflow may be defined by a series of stages and one or more entities associated with any of the stages. As such, one or more relevant entities associated with the project workflow are identified and one or more stages for completing the project workflow are determined. A workflow object stored or configured to be stored in one or more feed tables in a database system is generated, where the workflow object includes a plurality of data fields. A feed item associated with the workflow object is provided in an information feed of at least one of the one or more relevant entities.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for tagging objects in an online social network. One or more information updates having one or more attributes can be identified. The identified one or more information updates can be associated with one or more tags based on the one or more attributes. Each identified information update can be stored with metadata indicating respective tag associations such that information updates are capable of being sorted and displayed on a display device. In some implementations, data indicating information update sorting based on tag associations can be generated and provided to a display device to display information updates sorted as indicated by the generated data.

Abstract: Disclosed are various implementations of different methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing selective notifications in an online social network. In some implementations, an information update is capable of being stored in a database and capable of being included in an information feed displayed on a display device. One or more notification options is provided in association with the information update. A selection of the one or more notification options can be received. The selected one or more notification options can define one or more conditions for sending a network communication indicating data received in association with the information update. The one or more notification options is stored on a storage medium.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for communicating feed information to one or more recipients. In some implementations, an instruction to communicate an information update to one or more identified first recipients is received. In some instances, an additional recipient indicator is identified and an identification of one or more second recipients based on the additional recipient indicator is generated. In some instances, the one or more second recipients are provided access to the information update.

Abstract: A technique allows a newsfeed item shown in a newsfeed of a social network to be easily promoted to another newsfeed in the social network. In a specific embodiment, the system receives a first user's promotion selection of an item displayed in a newsfeed of the first user. The item includes content provided by a second user. The first user is prompted to select a destination newsfeed. A selection of the destination newsfeed is received and the item is published on the destination newsfeed for a third user.

Abstract: Techniques for organizing data of an information feed. An information feed including one or more feed items is displayed in a presentation on a display device. An indication that a portion of data of the one or more feed items of the information feed as being in a category is received. An identification of the first category is stored in a database system along with the portion of data. The identification and the portion of data may be evaluated, searched, modified or presented using various techniques.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for presenting feed items in an information feed to be displayed on a display device. In some implementations, a first feed item including first data is received, and a second feed item including second data is received. In some instances, presentation information is generated indicating that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, where the spatial relationship is independent of a linear presentation of the feed items in the information feed. In some instances, generated presentation information includes a first presentation and a second presentation, where the first presentation indicates that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, and the second presentation is different from the first presentation.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for presenting feed items in an information feed to be displayed on a display device. In some implementations, a first feed item including first data is received, and a second feed item including second data is received. In some instances, presentation information is generated indicating that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, where the spatial relationship is independent of a linear presentation of the feed items in the information feed. In some instances, generated presentation information includes a first presentation and a second presentation, where the first presentation indicates that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, and the second presentation is different from the first presentation.

Abstract: This disclosure provides implementations of methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for creating and managing granular relationships on an online social network. In some implementations, a request to generate an information feed is associated with configuration information, which identifies a source of information updates. Each of the information updates can be of a certain type. The configuration information identifies one or more of these types. An information update can be selected from the identified information source. The selected information update has one or more of the types associated therewith. The requested information feed is generated to include the selected information update and displayed on a display device.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for selecting updates to associated records to publish on an information feed in an on-demand database service environment. In one implementation, a selection input is received. The selection input may indicate a first one of a plurality of user account contexts associated with a user account in a feed system. The first one of the plurality of user account contexts may be associated with a set of feed items stored in the feed system. Based on the selection input indicating the first one of a plurality of user account contexts, one or more candidate feed items for presentation in an information feed may be determined. The information feed may be capable of being displayed on a display device.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed such as a news feed capable of being displayed on a display device. In one implementation, an information update to be displayed in the information feed is received. The information update may be stored in a feed table for inclusion in the information feed. In some implementations, an indication of activation of a response request rule is received. The response request rule may be configured to create a response request related to an identified information update to request information from one or more recipients. The response request may be stored, accessed and presented in association with the identified information update in an information feed.