Managing data feeds from different applications for users

A method, executable by a device, comprising:

• receiving from a client device a request for data feed items relevant to a user;
• determining a set of categories associated with the user;
• querying a database for a first set of data feed items specify the user as a recipient of the data feed item, the database configured to store data feed items received from a plurality of applications, each data feed item received from an application in the plurality of applications comprising a type of the data feed item, a set of categories associated with the data feed item, a relevancy score, and a set of recipients of the data feed item;
• retrieving a second set of data feed items from an external content provider comprising data feed items associated with at least a category in the set of categories, each data feed item in the second set of data feed items comprising a relevancy score;
• modifying the relevancy scores of the first set of data feed items and the second set of data feed items based on the set of categories associated with the user and a set of factors, the modifying further comprising increasing the relevancy scores of data feed items in the second set of data feed items associated with at least a category in the set of categories associated with the user;
• generating a result set of data feed items comprising the first and second sets of data feed items ordered based on the modified relevancy scores from highest relevancy score to lowest relevancy score;
• and
• providing the result set of data feed items to the client device.

A system comprising:

• a set of processing units;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by at least one processing unit in the set of processing units cause the at least one processing unit to:
• receive from a client device a request for data feed items relevant to a user;
• determine a set of categories associated with the user;
• query a database for a first set of data feed items specify the user as a recipient of the data feed item, the database configured to store data feed items received from a plurality of applications, each data feed item received from an application in the plurality of applications comprising a type of the data feed item, a set of categories associated with the data feed item, a relevancy score, and a set of recipients of the data feed item;
• retrieve a second set of data feed items from an external content provider comprising data feed items associated with at least a category in the set of categories, each data feed item in the second set of data feed items comprising a relevancy score;
• modify the relevancy scores of the first set of data feed items and the second set of data feed items based on the set of categories associated with the user and a set of factors, the modifying further comprising increasing the relevancy scores of data feed items in the second set of data feed items associated with at least a category in the set of categories associated with the user;
• generate a result set of data feed items comprising the first and second sets of data feed items ordered based on the modified relevancy scores from highest relevancy score to lowest relevancy score;
• and
• provide the result set of data feed items to the client device.