Blinder avoidance in social network interactions

A social networking data processing system configured for blinder avoidance in social networking interactions, the system comprising:

• a host computing system comprising one or more servers, each with memory and at least one microprocessor;
• a social networking data processing system executing in the memory of the host computing system to provide a social networking service to different users in a social network;
• a multiplicity of streams of status updates for ones of the different users displayed in respectively different user interfaces of the social networking data processing system for respectively different ones of the different users;
• and,
• a blinder avoidance module executing in the memory of the host computing system, the module comprising program code enabled upon execution in the memory of the host computing system:
• to define in memory of the host computing system a user interface interaction for a user interface of the social networking service, and a corresponding user interface change in connection with a presentation of a status update for one of the different users in different ones of the streams, and
• to respond to a detection of the user interface interaction in one of the different user interfaces with respect to a stream of status updates presented to a corresponding one of the different users, by performing the corresponding user interface change in the one of the different user interfaces in connection with the presentation of the status update for the one of the different users in the stream presented to the one of the different users.

A computer program product for blinder avoidance in social networking interactions, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

• executing a social networking data processing system in memory of a host computing system to provide a social networking service to different users in a social network;
• defining in memory of the host computing system a user interface interaction for a user interface of the social networking service, and a corresponding user interface change in connection with a presentation of a status update for an user in different streams of other users of the social networking service;
• and,
• responsive to detecting the user interface interaction in the user interface with respect to a stream of status updates presented to one of the other users of the social networking service, performing the corresponding user interface change in the user interface in connection with the presentation of the status update for the user in the stream presented to the one of the other users of the social networking service.