Method and system for displaying interest space user communities

A tangible, computer-accessible storage medium comprising instructions, wherein the instructions are executable to:

• detect indications of navigation activity of a plurality of users among a plurality of online content sources, wherein said navigation activity includes requests generated on behalf of multiple ones of said users to access corresponding ones of said online content sources;
• select multiple ones of said online content sources for membership in an interest space dependent upon said indications of navigation activity, wherein the instructions are executable to select at least some of said multiple ones of said online content sources for membership in said interest space without any dependence upon examining any content included in said at least some of said multiple ones of said online content sources;
• detect a request to access a given one of said online content sources, wherein said request is generated on behalf of a given one of said plurality of users, wherein said given online content source is included within said interest space;
• in response to detecting said request, display to said given user a representation of said interest space, wherein said representation includes respective indications of at least a subset of said online content sources included within said interest space;
• for a given one of said online content sources within said at least a subset, identify other ones of said users on whose behalf a respective previously-generated request to access said given online content source has been detected, and display to said given user respective indications of said other ones of said users;
• dependent upon input selectable by said given user, display to said given user a communication interface configured to allow said given user to communicate with other users indicated within said representation of said interest space;
• and
• dependent on input selectable by said given user, display an anonymous indication of said given user to said other users.

A system, comprising:

• one or more hardware devices configured to store and execute instructions, wherein the instructions are executable to implement:
• a web browser;
• and
• a code module configured to execute within an execution environment provided by said web browser;
• wherein said code module is further configured to:
• detect indications of navigation activity of a plurality of users among a plurality of online content sources, wherein said navigation activity includes requests generated on behalf of multiple ones of said users to access corresponding ones of said online content sources;
• select multiple ones of said online content sources for membership in an interest space dependent upon said indications of navigation activity, wherein the code module is configured to select at least some of said multiple ones of said online content sources for membership in said interest space without any dependence upon examining any content included in said at least some of said multiple ones of said online content sources;
• detect a request to access a given one of said online content sources, wherein said request is generated on behalf of a given one of said plurality of users, wherein said given online content source is included within said interest space;
• in response to detecting said request, display to said given user a representation of said interest space, wherein said representation includes respective indications of at least a subset of said online content sources included within said interest space;
• for a given one of said online content sources within said at least a subset, identify other ones of said users on whose behalf a respective previously-generated request to access said given online content source has been detected, and display to said given user respective indications of said other ones of said users
• dependent upon input selectable by said given user, display to said given user a communication interface configured to allow said given user to communicate with other users indicated within said representation of said interest space;
• and
• dependent on input selectable by said given user, display an anonymous indication of said given user to said other users.