Displaying Related Content in a Content Stream

A computer system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• providing for display respective portions of a scrollable sequence of content items;
• in response to a first user input, scrolling the scrollable sequence of content items, including a first focus item and a plurality of other content items in the scrollable sequence, in a direction parallel to a first axis;
• in response to a first user selection of the first focus item, while concurrently displaying the first focus item and the plurality of other content items in the scrollable sequence at distinct positions along the first axis, visually indicating the first focus item in the scrollable sequence, wherein the displayed first focus item includes a related-content link;
• in response to a second user selection of the related-content link, providing for display, for the first focus item, a related content listing, the related content listing including a list of content items associated with content of the first focus item;
• and
• in response to a second user input,
• scrolling the first focus item in a direction parallel to a second axis that is distinct from the first axis;
• providing for display a second focus item in place of the first focus item, wherein the second focus item corresponds to an information identifier in the related content listing;
• and
• continuing to provide for display the plurality of other content items in the scrollable sequence at the distinct positions along the first axis while scrolling the first focus item in the direction parallel to the second axis and providing for display the second focus item in place of the first focus item.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer having one or more processors, cause the computer to:

• provide for display respective portions of a scrollable sequence of content items;
• in response to a first user input, scroll the scrollable sequence of content items, including a first focus item and a plurality of other content items in the scrollable sequence, in a direction parallel to a first axis;
• in response to a first user selection of the first focus item, while concurrently providing for display the first focus item and the plurality of other content items in the scrollable sequence at distinct positions along the first axis, visually indicate the first focus item in the scrollable sequence, wherein the scrollable sequence includes a related-content link;
• in response to a second user selection of the related-content link, provide for display, for the first focus item, a related content listing, the related content listing including a list of content items associated with content of the first focus item;
• and
• in response to a second user input,
• scroll the first focus item in a direction parallel to a second axis that is distinct from the first axis;
• provide for display a second focus item in place of the first focus item, wherein the second focus item corresponds to an information identifier in the related content listing;
• and
• continue to provide for display the plurality of other content items in the scrollable sequence at the distinct positions along the first axis while scrolling the first focus item in the direction parallel to the second axis and displaying the second focus item in place of the first focus item.