Patent ID: 8352183

Claim:
One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for associating a geographic location with blog posts uploaded to an online-social-network community to enhance communication within the online-social-network community, the method comprising: determining, without user interaction at a current time, a current location of a first online-social-network community member uploading a first blog post to the online-social-network community; associating the current location of the first member with the first blog post by tagging geo-code data to the first blog post as the first blog post is uploaded to the online-social-network community, wherein the first blog post is not otherwise physically tied to the geographic location from which the first blog post is uploaded, wherein the current location associated with the first blog post is preset in the geo-code data for association with postings of the user regardless of the user's actual geographic location, and wherein the first blog post comprises a message that is accessible by at least one other member of the online-social-network community; storing in a social network database the first blog post and the associated geo-code data; rendering on a display device, at least one map view of a plurality of second blog posts uploaded by one or more second online-social-network community members, wherein the map view illustrates respective geographic locations associated with each of the plurality of second blog posts according to respective geo-code data tagged to each second blog post, wherein the map view is generated based on a focal point selected by the user, wherein the plurality of second blog posts is rendered on the map according to their respective distances from the focal point, and wherein the first blog post is included in the plurality of second blog posts and the first member is one of the one or more second members; and displaying information about the first or one of the plurality of second blog posts when a pointing device is hovered over an associated indicator on the map view representing the geographic location associated with the first or the one of the plurality of second blog posts, the information comprising at least a title of the respective blog post.