Media collection navigation with opt-out interstitial

A method for network communication of image based content collections, the method comprising:

• storing, at a database of a server computer system, a plurality of content messages from a plurality of client devices, wherein a corresponding piece of content from each content message is associated with a display time less than a threshold display time;
• generating, by the server computer system, a first plurality of content collections from the plurality of content messages, each content collection of the first plurality of content collections comprising associated content from one or more content messages of the plurality of content messages;
• communicating, from the server computer system to a first mobile device, interface information for each content collection of the first plurality of content collections, the interface information comprising an opt-out interstitial comprising information associated with the second media collection;
• receiving, from the first mobile device, a first content collection request associated with a first selection, at the first mobile device, of a first content collection of the first plurality of content collections;
• receiving, from the first mobile device, a communication associated with completion of a presentation of the first content collection at the first mobile device and display of the opt-out interstitial;
• and
• communicating a second content collection from the server computer system to the first mobile device for display on the first mobile device in response to receipt of the content collection request and the communication, wherein the second content collection is selected automatically by the server computer system.