Customizable data management system

A method for use in a system having a plurality of users, the system comprising at least one database storing an association between individual users of the plurality of users and an item, provider, or other user for which an individual user has expressed a preference, an individual user who expresses a preference for another user being a follower user and the other user being a target user, the method comprising acts of:

• (A) receiving an indication of input provided via a screen interface associated with a target user, the input relating to an item or provider;
• (B) in response to receiving the indication in the act (A), determining whether the item or provider has previously been represented in a feed for a follower user of the target user, and if it is determined that the item or provider has not previously been so represented, causing a representation of the item or provider to be included in the feed for the follower user, the feed for the follower user identifying information as relating to items or providers which have not previously been represented;
• (C) receiving an indication of input via the screen interface associated with the follower user relating to the item or provider;
• and
• (D) in response to receiving the indication in the act (C), causing a representation of the item or provider to be included in a feed for a user following the follower user.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions recorded thereon which, when executed in a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method, the computing system having a plurality of users, the computing system comprising at least one database storing an association between individual users of the plurality of users and an item, provider, or other user for which an individual user has expressed a preference, an individual user who expresses a preference for another user being a follower user and the other user being a target user, the method comprising acts of:

• (A) receiving an indication of input provided via a screen interface associated with a target user, the input relating to an item or provider;
• (B) in response to receiving the indication in the act (A), determining whether the item or provider has previously been represented in a feed for a follower user of the target user, and if it is determined that the item or provider has not previously been so represented, causing a representation of the item or provider to be included in the feed for the follower user, the feed for the follower user identifying information as relating to items or providers which have not previously been represented;
• (C) receiving an indication of input via the screen interface associated with the follower user relating to the item or provider;
• and
• (D) in response to receiving the indication in the act (C), causing a representation of the item or provider to be included in a feed for a user following the follower user.

A system, comprising:

• at least one database storing an association between individual users of a plurality of users and an item, provider, or other user for which an individual user has expressed a preference, an individual user who expresses a preference for another user being a follower user and the other user being a target user;
• and
• at least one computer processor programmed to:
• receive an indication of input provided via a screen interface associated with the target user, the input relating to an item or provider;
• in response to receiving the indication that the target user has expressed the preference, determine whether the item or provider has previously been represented in a feed for a follower user of the target user, and if it is determined that the item or provider has not previously been so represented, cause a representation of the item or provider to be included in the feed for the follower user, the feed for the follower user identifying information as relating to items or providers which have not previously been represented;
• receive an indication of input via the screen interface associated with the follower user relating to the item or provider;
• and
• in response to receiving the indication of input via the screen interface associated with the follower user, cause a representation of the item or provider to be included in a feed for a user following the follower user.