Targeted positioning of message content for interfaces identifying multiple users

A system for controlling a display of messages to a user, comprising:

• one or more processing units;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processing units to:
• cause a display of a user interface comprising a rendering of shared content and a display of a plurality of image renderings each representing individual participants of the communication system;
• receive a message from a remote computer associated with an individual participant;
• process permission data to select an interface area from a plurality of interface areas, the permission data indicating that the interface area is reserved for a display of the message originating from the remote computer associated with the individual participant and exclusively directed to the computing device associated with the recipient, wherein the interface area comprises an image rendering representative of the individual participant, wherein the permission data causes the computing device associated with the recipient to restrict the display of group messages directed to the recipient and other participants of the plurality of participants, the permission data further causes the computing device associated with the recipient to restrict the display of private messages originating from one or more participants that are not designated as permitted participants;
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• cause a display of the rendering of the message within the interface area comprising the image rendering representative of the individual participant.

A computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause one or more processing units of a system to:

• cause a display of a user interface comprising a rendering of shared content and a display of a plurality of image renderings each representing individual participants of the communication system;
• receive a message from a remote computer associated with an individual participant;
• process permission data to select an interface area from a plurality of interface areas, the permission data indicating that the interface area is reserved for a display of the message originating from the remote computer associated with the individual participant and exclusively directed to the computing device associated with the recipient, wherein the interface area comprises an image rendering representative of the individual participant, wherein the permission data causes the computing device associated with the recipient to not display the display of group messages directed to the recipient and other participants of the plurality of participants, the permission data further causes the computing device associated with the recipient to not display the display of private messages originating from one or more participants that are not designated as permitted participants;
• and
• cause a display of the rendering of the message within the interface area comprising the image rendering representative of the individual participant.