Location privacy management on map-based social media platforms

A system comprising:

• one or more computer processor devices;
• and
• memory having stored therein instructions that configure the system, when the instructions are executed by the one or more computer processor devices, to perform operation comprising:
• generating a model of social media activity in a geographical area in an automated procedure comprising:
• for each of multiple social media postings forming part of the social media activity, representing the posting as having a density distribution in two-dimensional space;
• and
• calculating a geographical distribution of posting density in the geographical area by summing, at each of multiple positions within the geographical area, respective density contributions of each posting whose density distribution at least partially overlaps the respective position;
• based on the social media activity model, calculating one or more attributes of the social media activity in the geographical area;
• based at least in part on the one or more calculated attributes, identifying one or more user interface elements for display with respect to the geographical area;
• causing display on a client device of a graphical user interface (GUI) for a social media platform, the GUI comprising:
• an interactive map representative of at least the geographical area;
• and
• the one or more identified user interface elements overlaid on the interactive map.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• generating a model of social media activity in a geographical area in an automated procedure comprising:
• for each of multiple social media postings forming part of the social media activity, representing the posting as having a density distribution in two-dimensional space;
• and
• calculating a geographical distribution of posting density in the geographical area by summing, at each of multiple positions within the geographical area, respective density contributions of each posting whose density distribution at least partially overlaps the respective position;
• based on the social media activity model, calculating one or more attributes of the social media activity in the geographical area;
• based at least in part on the one or more calculated attributes, identifying one or more user interface elements for display with respect to the geographical area;
• causing display on a client device of a graphical user interface (GUI) for a social media platform, the GUI comprising:
• an interactive map representative of at least the geographical area;
• and
• the one or more identified user interface elements overlaid on the interactive map.