Systems and methods to control event based information

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform:
• providing content items, generated by at least one of connections or a group of a user, relating to an event for presentation in a first section of a page of a social networking system dedicated to the event, wherein the content items are ranked for presentation based on at least one of an affinity between a connection who generated a content item and the user, an affinity between a group that generated a content item and the user, and a value reflecting an extent to which a content item is associated with the event;
• providing a plurality of options to the user to personalize a post of the user to indicate an expression of support by the user for the event, wherein the post includes a narrative;
• providing a live feed of information relating to the event for presentation in a second section of the page, wherein the live feed comprises content items organized and presented by categories, the categories comprising authorities, eyewitness communications, eyewitness media, and metadata;
• providing a summary of segments of the event for presentation on the page, wherein the segments include portions of the event based on intervals of time or occurrence of certain activities;
• and
• appending a reference to a post of the user related to the event indicating an activity of the event that is contemporaneous with generation of the post.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:

• providing content items, generated by at least one of connections or a group of a user, relating to an event for presentation in a first section of a page of a social networking system dedicated to the event, wherein the content items are ranked for presentation based on at least one of an affinity between a connection who generated a content item and the user, an affinity between a group that generated a content item and the user, and a value reflecting an extent to which a content item is associated with the event;
• providing a plurality of options to the user to personalize a post of the user to indicate an expression of support by the user for the event, wherein the post includes a narrative;
• providing a live feed of information relating to the event for presentation on the page, wherein the live feed comprises content items organized and presented by categories, the categories comprising authorities, eyewitness communications, eyewitness media, and metadata;
• providing a summary of segments of the event for presentation in a second section of the page, wherein the segments include portions of the event based on intervals of time or occurrence of certain activities;
• and
• appending a reference to a post of the user related to the event indicating an activity of the event that is contemporaneous with generation of the post.