Intelligently delivering notifications including summary of followed content and related content

A system, comprising:

• a memory for storing a computer program for handling notifications;
• and
• a processor connected to said memory, wherein said processor is configured to execute the program instructions of the computer program comprising:
• receiving indications of content to be followed by a user on a communication system;
• monitoring said content followed by said user for updates on said communication system;
• identifying an update to content out of said monitored content followed by said user;
• applying a policy for delivering notifications concerning said updated content in response to identifying said update to content out of said monitored content followed by said user, wherein said policy comprises rules that govern how push and pull notifications are to be generated and delivered to said user, wherein said push notifications are notifications delivered to said user without being requested by said user, wherein said pull notifications are notifications delivered to said user at the request of said user;
• registering to receive information about updates to said content followed by said user as well as about new events on said communication system in response to said policy indicating to delay sending a notification concerning said update to said user;
• generating a summary concerning updates to said content followed by said user and content related to said content followed by said user in response to registering to receive information about updates to said content followed by said user as well as about new events on said communication system and in response to identifying updates to content related to said content followed by said user;
• and
• delivering a notification in a manner consistent with said policy to said user containing said generated summary.