Sharing of location-based content item in social networking service

A method comprising:

• receiving location information for a communication device associated with a respective user;
• for each respective user, determining a list of distinct locations where the respective user is likely to be located based on the received location information;
• for each respective user, sending the list of distinct locations to the communication device;
• from each respective user, receiving a location selected by the respective user on the communication device among the list of distinct locations to indicate the location of the respective user;
• retrieving information about public transport traveling from or through the selected location;
• determining an updated location of the respective user based on the selected location and the information about the public transport;
• determining whether to make the updated location available to a requesting user;
• and
• making the updated location available to the requesting user.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, the instructions when executed by a processor in a computing device, cause the processor to:

• receiving location information of a first user of a social networking service;
• determining a list of distinct locations where a first user is likely to be located based on the received location information;
• sending the list of distinct locations to a communication device of the first user;
• receiving, from the communication device, a location selected by the first user among the list of distinct locations to indicate the location of the first user;
• retrieving information about public transport traveling from or through the selected location of the first user;
• determining an updated location of the first user based on the selected location and the information about the public transport;
• and
• making the updated location available to a second user.