User discovery in a location-based messaging platform

A method for providing nearby accounts, comprising:

• receiving, from a client device, a request for nearby accounts, the request identifying a context account of a social media platform and a corresponding client geographic location;
• identifying a set of accounts of the social media platform within a density-based geohash region corresponding to the client geographic location;
• ranking the set of accounts according to:
• a plurality of geographic distance tiers, wherein the geographic tiers are used to categorize the set of accounts based on a distance between the client geographic location and each account's geographic location,
• a plurality of recency tiers, wherein the recency tiers are used to categorize the set of accounts based on a recency of each account's geographic location data,
• a plurality of accuracy tiers, wherein the accuracy tiers are used to categorize the set of accounts based on an accuracy level of each account's geographic location data;
• generating, based on ranking the set of accounts, a result set identifying a subset of the set of accounts;
• and
• providing the result set in response to the request.

A method for organizing hangouts, comprising:

• receiving, from a first user, a hangout definition comprising a hangout time, a hangout duration, a hangout location, a public designation, and a set of invited participants;
• sending invites to the invited participants on behalf of the first user;
• receiving confirmation from a subset of the invited participants and designating the subset of the invited participants as confirmed participants;
• receiving a request for nearby content from a second user not among the set of invited participants;
• identifying a set of users based on proximity to a device of the second user;
• determining that a subset of the users are among the set of confirmed participants;
• grouping the subset of the users with data associated with the hangout definition;
• and
• providing, in response to the request, the grouped subset of the users and the data for display in a user interface of the second user.

A system for organizing hangouts, comprising:

• a computer processor;
• a hangouts organization module executing on the computer processor and configured to enable the computer processor to:
• receive, from a first user, a hangout definition comprising a hangout time, a hangout duration, a hangout location, a public designation, and a set of invited participants;
• send invites to the invited participants on behalf of the first user;
• receive confirmation from a subset of the invited participants and designating the subset of the invited participants as confirmed participants;
• receive a request for nearby content from a second user not among the set of invited participants;
• identify a set of users based on proximity to a device of the second user;
• determine that a subset of the users are among the set of confirmed participants;
• group the subset of the users with data associated with the hangout definition;
• and
• provide, in response to the request, the grouped subset of the users and the data for display in a user interface of the second user.