Interface for sharing posts about a live online event among users of a social networking system

摘要

An external system (e.g., a website) is associated with an event and includes an interface that allows users to interact with streams of content associated with a social networking system. The interface allows a user to provide posts about the event via the interface, where the posts are displayed in the interface and also in a social networking interface on social networking system in connection with the user and other users associated with that user. The user can view, via the interface on the external system, posts from all users that are provided via the interface (e.g., everyone watching the event), thereby increasing the likelihood that the posts are relevant to the event. The user can also view, via the interface, posts from users associated with the user via the social networking system (e.g., friends of the user), regardless of where those are posted.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
providing, by a social networking system, an external interface on an external system, the external interface for receiving and displaying posts in real time alongside a streamed display of a live online event; receiving, at the external interface, a first plurality of posts related to the live online event by a plurality of users of the external system; providing a social networking interface on the social networking system for receiving posts by users of the social networking system; receiving, at the social networking interface, a second plurality of posts by a plurality of users of the social networking system; providing for display to a user of the external system via the external interface, a first tab of the external interface comprising one or more posts of the first plurality of posts received at the external interface by one or other users, each of the one or more posts relating to the live online event; and responsive to the user having one or more connections in the social networking system:
providing a second tab of the external interface comprising one or more posts of the second plurality of posts received at the social networking interface by the one or more connections of the user; andproviding for display to the connections of the user via the social networking interface one or more posts by the user received at the external interface of the external system.