Feed surfacing

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a computer program for generating feed-based information in an online game, the computer program including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• providing a game instance of the online game;
• receiving a plurality of player feeds in a game networking system that includes the online game;
• accessing a specification for displaying information from the player feeds in the game networking system, the specification including criteria for identifying portions of the player feeds corresponding to aspects of the game instance and correspondingly relating identities of players in the game instance;
• accessing a first player profile for a first player in the game instance, the first player profile identifying one or more characteristics of the first player;
• using the first player profile with the specification to determine a first display profile for displaying information from the player feeds to the first player, the first display profile identifying selected portions of the player feeds corresponding to the aspects of the game instance;
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• generating feed-based information for the first player by using the first display profile to access the player feeds.

A game networking system configured to generate feed-based information in an online game, the game-networking system comprising at least one computer configured to perform operations for computer-implemented modules including:

• a user-input interface module configured to receive from a first player, via a game user interface, a request to compete in the online game against a second player;
• a game-engine module configured to generate a game instance of the online game in response to the request from the first player;
• a player-feed module configured to perform operations including:
• receiving a plurality of player feeds in the game networking system of the online game;
• accessing a specification for displaying information from the player feeds in the game networking system, the specification including criteria for identifying portions of the player feeds corresponding to aspects of the game instance and correspondingly relating identities of players in the game instance;
• accessing a first player profile for the first player, the first player profile identifying one or more characteristics of the first player;
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• using the first player profile with the specification to determine a first display profile for displaying information from the player feeds to the first player, the first display profile identifying selected portions of the player feeds corresponding to the aspects of the game instance;
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• a graphical user-display output-interface module configured to provide first display data associated with displaying the game instance of the online game to the first player via the game user interface and further configured to provide second display data associated with displaying the feed-based information to the first player via the game user interface by using the first display profile to access the player feeds.