Mobile notifications for comment threads

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising:

• detecting activity, by a computing device, within a comment thread in a content item stored by a content management system, the computing device having an application installed thereon for accessing the content item, wherein the comment thread is associated with a portion of the content item;
• providing instructions to present, within a notification interface of a computing device operating system interface of the computing device separate from the application that is dedicated to notifying a user of the computing device of detected activity on a plurality of applications installed on the computing device including the application and at least one additional application, a notification that identifies the detected activity, the notification interface displaying notifications associated with other content items stored by the content management system;
• providing instructions to present, within the notification interface, in visual association with the notification, and concurrent with the notifications, a response interface element configured to receive input from the user of the computing device, wherein the input from the user is entered directly from the notification interface without having to access the content item from the application associated with the content item;
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• in response to receiving the input from the user, providing the input to the content management system, the content management system configured to store the input as a comment within the comment thread in the content item.

A computing device comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to perform steps comprising:
• detecting activity within a comment thread in a content item stored by a content management system, wherein the computing device has an application installed thereon for accessing the content item, and wherein the comment thread is associated with a portion of the content item;
• providing instructions to present, within a notification interface of a computing device operating system interface of the computing device separate from the application that is dedicated to notifying a user of the computing device of detected activity on a plurality of applications installed on the computing device including the application and at least one additional application, a notification that identifies the detected activity, the notification interface displaying notifications associated with other content items stored by the content management system;
• providing instructions to present, within the notification interface, in visual association with the notification, and concurrent with the notifications, a response interface element configured to receive input from the user of the computing device, wherein the input from the user is entered directly from the notification interface without having to access the content item from the application associated with the content item;
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• in response to receiving the input from the user, providing the input to the content management system, the content management system configured to store the input as a comment within the comment thread in the content item;
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• a processor configured to execute the instructions.