Facet-based filtering of social network update data

A computer-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions, that when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• at a social-networking site, presenting a network update interface including a presentation of selected network-update information and a plurality of facet-filter selection panels, the network update interface configured to be accessed by a user of a social-networking service;
• receiving a selection of facet-filter characteristics through at least one of the plurality of facet-filter selection panels from a device of the user;
• filtering network-update information generated by further users of the social-networking service with a facet-filter configured according to the selected facet-filter characteristics to produce facet-filtered network-update information;
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• communicating the facet-filtered network-update information to the social-networking site to update the presentation of selected network-update information.

A system comprising:

• a social-networking server configured to generate a social-networking website;
• a network-update interface module configured to present selected network-update information and a plurality of facet-filter selection panels, the network update interface module further configured to receive a selection of facet-filter characteristics from a device of a user of a social-networking service;
• a facet-filter module communicatively coupled to network-update information generated by further users of the social-networking service and configured to select a subset of the network-update information having contents corresponding to the facet-filter characteristics;
• a query module configured to receive a text-based entry through a query input bar generated by the network update interface module and to generate a further facet-filter characteristic to be communicated to the facet-filter module to cause a selection of a further subset of network-update information having contents corresponding to the text-based entry;
• a ranking module configured to produce a ranked listing of links to articles referenced in the network-update information content by the further users;
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• a storage module configured to store a plurality of facet-filter characteristics.