Systems and methods for generating an avatar collage based on social network items

A system for reducing an amount of data displayed via a social network comprising:

• identifying a plurality of social network items posted to the social network via a plurality of social network accounts;
• control circuitry configured to:
• in response to identifying a topic common to each social network item of the plurality of social network items:
• generate an avatar collage comprising:
• a plurality of avatar representations of the social network accounts,
• wherein each respective avatar representation of the plurality of avatar representations is based on a respective social network account of the plurality of social network accounts;
• and
• at least one text portion of a particular social network item of the plurality of social network items located proximate to a particular avatar representation of a particular social network account from which the particular social network item was received;
• and
• input/output circuitry configured to:
• replace a display of the plurality of social network items with a display of the avatar collage for at least one social network account.

A system comprising:

• means for identifying a plurality of social network items posted to the social network via a plurality of social network accounts;
• in response to identifying a topic common to each social network item of the plurality of social network items:
• means for generating an avatar collage comprising:
• a plurality of avatar representations of the social network accounts, wherein each respective avatar representation of the plurality of avatar representations is based on a respective social network account of the plurality of social network accounts;
• and
• at least one text portion of a particular social network item of the plurality of social network items located proximate to a particular avatar representation of a particular social network account from which the particular social network item was received;
• and
• means for replacing a display of the plurality of social network items with a display of the avatar collage for at least one social network account.