Patent ID: 8504586

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for indicating recent content publication activity, the method comprising: accessing, from a storage device, co-user online identifiers that are associated with a co-user list of a publishing online identity that has engaged in recent content publication activity; determining an identifier for a second online identity which is included in the co-user list; determining, from publication preference information associated with the publishing online identity, whether the publishing online identity desires to share recent content publication activity engaged in by the publishing online identity with the second online identity; and based on having determined that the publishing online identity desires to share recent content publication activity engaged in by the publishing online identity with the second online identity, displaying an indication that the publishing online identity has engaged in the recent content publication activity when the second online identity views a profile of the publishing online identity or when the second online identity views a feed of recent content publication activity of co-users associated with the second online identity.