Social messaging user interface

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• providing, for display on a computing device corresponding to a first user, an interface including a social interaction hub that provides:
• a plurality of contacts associated with the first user;
• a plurality of communication mode indicia corresponding to each of the plurality of contacts, each communication mode indicia indicating a communication mode among a plurality of communication modes by which a future interaction with a particular contact can occur;
• and
• prior communication data providing a portion of the data from a prior communication with one or more contacts in the plurality of contacts;
• determining currently available communication modes via which a first contact in the plurality of contacts is currently available to engage in communication with the first user, wherein determining the currently available communication modes further comprises:
• identifying a first set of communication modes corresponding to the first contact, the first set of communication modes indicating a set of communication modes by which the first contact can be contacted;
• based on an availability indication for each of the first set of communication modes, receiving data identifying, from among the first set of communication modes, a first subset of communication modes via which the first contact is currently available and a second subset of communication modes via which the first contact is not currently available, wherein the availability indication for a particular communication mode associated with the first contact specifies whether the first contact is currently available or currently not available for a communication over the particular communication mode;
• in response to determining the currently available communication modes, providing, for display on the interface including the social interaction hub, a first availability indicator over each of the communication mode indicia corresponding to the currently available communication modes and a second availability indicator over each of the communication mode indicia corresponding to the second subset of communication modes, wherein first the availability indicator identifies a communication mode via which the first contact is currently available to engage in communication with the first user and the second availability indicator identifies a communication mode via which the first contact is not currently available to engage in communication with the first user and where in providing the second availability indicator for display comprises providing a graphical element that is darkened to indicate that the first contact is not currently available to engage in communication with the first user for each of the communication mode indicia corresponding to the currently not available communication modes;
• receiving, from the computing device corresponding to the first user, a request to communicate with the first contact, wherein the request includes data representing a selection of a particular communication mode indicia that corresponds to a particular communication mode with the first availability indicator indicating one of the currently available communication modes associated with the first contact;
• and
• in response to receiving the request to communicate with the first contact, triggering a communication with the first user using the particular communication mode corresponding to the selected particular communication mode indicia, wherein the triggering the communication comprises at least one of (i) initiating at least a message or a post, via a social network for sending to the first user, or (ii) initiating a social interaction via a photosharing network with the first user.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• providing, for display on a computing device corresponding to a first user, an interface including a social interaction hub that provides:
• a plurality of contacts associated with the first user;
• a plurality of communication mode indicia corresponding to each of the plurality of contacts, each communication mode indicia indicating a communication mode among a plurality of communication modes by which a future interaction with a particular contact can occur;
• and
• prior communication data providing a portion of the data from a prior communication with one or more contacts in the plurality of contacts;
• determining currently available communication modes via which a first contact in the plurality of contacts is currently available to engage in communication with the first user, wherein determining the currently available communication modes further comprises:
• identifying a first set of communication modes corresponding to the first contact, the first set of communication modes indicating a set of communication modes by which the first contact can be contacted;
• based on an availability indication for each of the first set of communication modes, receiving data identifying, from among the first set of communication modes, a first subset of communication modes via which the first contact is currently available and a second subset of communication modes via which the first contact is not currently available, wherein the availability indication for a particular communication mode associated with the first contact specifies whether the first contact is currently available or currently not available for a communication over the particular communication mode;
• in response to determining the currently available communication modes, providing, for display on the interface including the social interaction hub, a first availability indicator over each of the communication mode indicia corresponding to the currently available communication modes and a second availability indicator over each of the communication mode indicia corresponding to the second subset of communication modes, wherein the first availability indicator identifies a communication mode via which the first contact is currently available to engage in communication with the first user and the second availability indicator identifies a communication mode via which the first contact is not currently available to engage in communication with the first user and where in providing the second availability indicator for dis play comprises providing a graphical element that is darkened to indicate that the first contact is not currently available to engage in communication with the first user for each of the communication mode indicia corresponding to the currently not available communication modes;
• receiving, from the computing device corresponding to the first user, a request to communicate with the first contact, wherein the request includes data representing a selection of a particular communication mode indicia that corresponds to a particular communication mode with the first availability indicator indicating one of the currently available communication modes associated with the first contact;
• and
• in response to receiving the request to communicate with the first contact, triggering a communication with the first user using the particular communication mode corresponding to the selected particular communication mode indicia, wherein the triggering the communication comprises at least one of (i) initiating at least a message or a post, via a social network for sending to the first user, or (ii) initiating a social interaction via a photosharing network with the first user.