Indicating recent content publication activity by a user

A computer system of one or more computer devices for indicating recent content publication activity, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a method including:
• receiving, over a communications network, an electronic communication indicating a content publication activity associated with an online publisher account of a hosted service;
• accessing, from a computer data store, an online identifier for each of a plurality of co-users who populate a co-user list associated with the online publisher account, inclusion in which is directed by an online publisher;
• selecting an online identifier of a particular co-user from the co-user list;
• and
• responsive to the content publication activity being within a predetermined period of time, modifying the selected identifier so as to indicate that the online publisher has recently engaged in the content publication activity when
• a determination is made that the online publisher wants to share with the particular co-user recent content publication activity, based at least in part on a publication preference of the online publisher, and
• the particular co-user views either a profile view of the online publisher or a feed view of recent content publication activity of co-users associated with the particular co-user;
• wherein modifying the online identifier includes sending a communication to a client computer device over the communications network, the communication instructing modification of the online identifier within the profile view or the feed view and indicating a predefined activity type of the recent content publication activity selected from a plurality of predefined activity types;
• wherein modification of the online identifier of the online publisher includes the client computer device displaying a graphical indicator of the predefined activity type that includes a graphical icon, an image, or an animation that differs from other graphical indicators of other predefined activity types of the plurality of predefined activity types.

A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause execution of a method of indicating recent content publication activity, the method comprising:

• receiving, over a communications network, an electronic communication indicating a content publication activity associated with an online publisher account of a hosted service;
• accessing, from a computer data store, an online identifier for each of a plurality of co-users who populate a co-user list associated with the online publisher account, inclusion in which is directed by an online publisher;
• selecting an online identifier of a particular co-user from the co-user list;
• and
• responsive to the content publication activity being within a predetermined period of time, modifying an online identifier of the online publisher so as to indicate that the online publisher has recently engaged in the content publication activity based at least on
• a determination that the online publisher wants to share with the particular co-user recent content publication activity, based at least in part on a publication preference of the online publisher, and
• the particular co-user viewing either a profile view of the online publisher or a feed view of recent content publication activity of co-users associated with the particular co-user;
• wherein modifying the online identifier includes sending a communication to a client computer device over the communications network, the communication instructing modification of the online identifier of the online publisher within the profile view or the feed view and indicating a predefined activity type of the recent content publication activity selected from a plurality of predefined activity types;
• wherein modification of the online identifier of the online publisher includes the client computer device displaying a graphical indicator of the predefined activity type that includes a graphical icon, an image, or an animation that differs from other graphical indicators of other predefined activity types of the plurality of predefined activity types.

A computer readable storage device storing thereon computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions providing a system for indicating recent content publication activity when executed by one or more computer devices by:

• authenticating a first user account on a hosted service based on information contained in an authentication communication received from a client computer device over a communications network;
• following authentication of the first user account, accessing from a computer data store, a first co-user list of the first user account, the first co-user list indicating a first set of one or more co-user accounts;
• identifying an online publisher account of an online publisher having recently engaged in a content publication activity via the hosted service that occurred within a predefined period of time from among the first set of one or more co-user accounts of the first co-user list;
• accessing, from the computer data store, a publication preference of the online publisher account with respect to the first user account;
• determining whether the content publication activity is to be shared with the first user account based on the publication preference;
• and
• modifying an online identifier of the online publisher so as to indicate within a profile view or a feed view that the online publisher has recently engaged in content publication activity within the predefined period of time from when the content publication activity is to be shared with the first user account;
• wherein modifying the online identifier includes sending a response communication to the client computer device over the communications network, the response communication instructing modification of the online identifier of the online publisher within the profile view or the feed view and indicating a predefined activity type of the recent content publication activity selected from a plurality of predefined activity types;
• wherein modification of the online identifier of the online publisher includes the client computer device displaying a graphical indicator of the predefined activity type that includes a graphical icon, an image, or an animation that differs from other graphical indicators of other predefined activity types of the plurality of predefined activity types.

A method performed by a computer system of one or more computer devices, the method comprising:

• authenticating a first user account on a hosted service based on information contained in an authentication communication received from a client computer device over a communications network;
• following authentication of the first user account, accessing from a computer data store, a first co-user list of the first user account, the first co-user list indicating a first set of one or more co-user accounts;
• identifying an online publisher account of an online publisher having recently engaged in a content publication activity via the hosted service that occurred within a predefined period of time from among the first set of one or more co-user accounts of the first co-user list;
• accessing, from the computer data store, a publication preference of the online publisher account with respect to the first user account;
• determining whether the content publication activity is to be shared with the first user account based on the publication preference;
• and
• modifying an online identifier of the online publisher so as to indicate within a profile view or a feed view that the online publisher has recently engaged in content publication activity within the predefined period of time from when the content publication activity is to be shared with the first user account;
• wherein modifying the online identifier includes sending a response communication to the client computer device over the communications network, the response communication instructing modification of the online identifier of the online publisher within the profile view or the feed view and indicating a predefined activity type of the recent content publication activity selected from a plurality of predefined activity types;
• wherein modification of the online identifier of the online publisher includes the client computer device displaying a graphical indicator of the predefined activity type that includes a graphical icon, an image, or an animation that differs from other graphical indicators of other predefined activity types of the plurality of predefined activity types.

A computer system of one or more computer devices for indicating recent content publication activity, the computer system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a method including:
• authenticating a first user account on a hosted service based on information contained in an authentication communication received from a client computer device over a communications network;
• following authentication of the first user account, accessing from a computer data store, a first co-user list of the first user account, the first co-user list indicating a first set of one or more co-user accounts;
• identifying an online publisher account of an online publisher having recently engaged in a content publication activity via the hosted service that occurred within a predefined period of time from among the first set of one or more co-user accounts of the first co-user list;
• accessing, from the computer data store, a publication preference of the online publisher account with respect to the first user account;
• determining whether the content publication activity is to be shared with the first user account based on the publication preference;
• and
• modifying an online identifier of the online publisher so as to indicate within a profile view or a feed view that the online publisher has recently engaged in content publication activity within the predefined period of time from when the content publication activity is to be shared with the first user account;
• wherein modifying the online identifier includes sending a response communication to the client computer device over the communications network, the response communication instructing modification of the online identifier of the online publisher within the profile view or the feed view and indicating a predefined activity type of the recent content publication activity selected from a plurality of predefined activity types;
• wherein modification of the online identifier of the online publisher includes the client computer device displaying a graphical indicator of the predefined activity type that includes a graphical icon, an image, or an animation that differs from other graphical indicators of other predefined activity types of the plurality of predefined activity types.