Creation and consumption of non-electronic mail (email) social media content from within an email system

A computer system, comprising:

• a social media post trigger detector configured to detect a user social media input on an interface within an electronic mail (email) system;
• a component rendering system configured to render a social media user interface within the email system, the social media user interface including a content input mechanism that is actuatable to enter content;
• a user interface interaction detection system configured to receive content through the content input mechanism and configured to detect actuation of a post input mechanism;
• and
• a social media communication system configured to send the content to the social media application for posting to a destination in the social media application;
• and
• a social media link generator configured to:
• obtain a link to the destination in the social media application;
• display the link to the destination on the social media user interface within the email system;
• and
• in response to actuation of the link on the social media user interface within the email system, navigate to the destination in the social media application where the content was posted.

A computer implemented method comprising:

• detecting a user social media input on an electronic mail (email) user interface display in an email system;
• importing, into the email system, a plurality of social media components from a social media application, each of the plurality of social media components being representative of a different social media user interface from the social media application;
• rendering, in the email user interface display, a social media user interface component based on the plurality of social media components imported from the social media application, the social media user interface component including:
• a content input mechanism that is actuatable to enter content;
• and
• a destination selector mechanism;
• receiving the content through the content input mechanism;
• detecting actuation of the destination selector mechanism;
• selecting a destination in the social media application based on the detected actuation of the destination selector mechanism;
• detecting actuation of a post input mechanism;
• and
• sending, to the social media application, the content with an indication of the selected destination in the social media application.