CONFIGURING A FEED TO TRACK CHANGES TO USER CONTENT IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK

摘要

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user on an online social network, accessing cached content from a feed, determining the last time the content from the feed was updated, and if the last time the content was update was before a particular time, then updated the profile page of the user to include the cached content, else, accessing the feed and updating the profile page of the user to include updated content.

主权项

1. A method comprising, by one or more computer systems of a social networking system:
receiving a request to access a first page from a first user of the online social network, the first user being associated with tracking preferences; in response to the request, accessing, at a first time, one or more feeds that are external to the online social network; updating the first page to include updated content from each external feed if: (1) the last time content from the external feed was updated was after a minimum lifetime for accessing cached content from the external feed, and (2) the updated content is a type of content that substantially matches the tracking preferences of the first user; and sending the first page with the updated content to the client system of the first user for display.