Selective user monitoring in an online environment

摘要

A subject user may selectively monitor one or more other users in an online environment. In one embodiment, a subject user may access a directory of available online users that are located within a particular predefined portion of the online environment. The order of the available online users in the directory may be based on at least one of the subject user's preferences and profile data. The subject user may then select a subset of the available online users from this directory. The subject user may receive periodically-updated information regarding the selected subset of available online users. In one embodiment, this may include information on the selected user(s) location, profile, status and/or actions.