Method of expanding stacked elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations for displaying a plurality of elements on a display, the operations comprising:

• displaying an axis of specific elements that each have an axial length of a single element along the axis of elements, wherein a collation function is associated with the axis of specific elements, the collation function including a plurality of collation units located along a time-based order on the axis of specific elements, and wherein each of the plurality of collation units is associated with respective time marks and have a corresponding location on the axis of elements;
• receiving a plurality of particular elements from a particular user transmitted through a network, each of the particular elements including time associated therewith;
• matching the time of each of the particular elements to a collation unit having a particular axial length occurring along the axis of specific elements;
• and
• displaying two or more of the plurality of particular elements in a stacked configuration on the axis of specific elements when the two or more of the particular elements have the same matched collation unit, wherein the matched collation unit displaying the two or more of the plurality of particular elements in the stacked configuration, within the corresponding particular axial length, has an axial length along the axis that is substantially comparable to the axial length of the single element that would be displayed along the axis of elements in the matched collation unit,
• notifying, in association with the plurality of particular elements, an identity of the particular user, in response to display of the plurality of elements;
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• displaying the two or more of the plurality of stacked particular elements in an unstacked configuration in which the particular elements are distinctly juxtaposed to one another in a substantially rectilinear and vertical orientation on the display along the axis in response to an action performed by a specific user on the display area.