Content collection navigation and autoforwarding

A method for communication and presentation of image based content collections at a first mobile device, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a server computer system, interface information for a first plurality of content collections, the interface information comprising a plurality of content images associated with each content collection of the first plurality of content collections;
• receiving, by the first mobile device, a user input initiating a story request associated with selection of a first content collection of the first plurality of content collections;
• receiving, from the server computer system, a first set of ordered pieces of content associated with the first content collection, each piece of content of the set of ordered pieces of content having an associated display time less than a threshold display time;
• displaying, by the first mobile device, at least a portion of the first set of ordered pieces of content;
• identifying, by the first mobile device, a story end trigger associated with display of a final piece of content of the first set of ordered pieces of content;
• and
• in response to identification of the story end trigger, automatically initiating display of a second set of ordered pieces of content associated with a second content collection of the first plurality of content collections.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first mobile device, cause the first mobile device to perform a method for autoforwarding during display of a plurality of content collections on the first mobile device, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a server computer system, interface information for a first plurality of content collections, the interface information comprising a plurality of content images associated with each content collection of the first plurality of content collections;
• receiving, by the first mobile device, a user input initiating a story request associated with selection of a first content collection of the first plurality of content collections;
• receiving, from the server computer system, a first set of ordered pieces of content associated with the first content collection, each piece of content of the set of ordered pieces of content having an associated display time less than a threshold display time;
• displaying, by the first mobile device, at least a portion of the first set of ordered pieces of content
• identifying, by the first mobile device, a story end trigger associated with display of the first set of ordered pieces of content;
• communicating, to the server computer system, an autoforward communication associated with the story end trigger;
• and
• in response to identification of the story end trigger, automatically initiating display of a second set of ordered pieces of content associated with a second content collection of the first plurality of content collections.