Patent ID: 8521787

Claim:
A method comprising: storing actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system; accessing relationship data for the one or more users, the relationship data identifying relationships of one or more users with other users of the social networking system; selecting a stored action, wherein the selected stored action was performed by a user who has a relationship with a viewing user of the social networking system; selecting one or more additional stored actions performed by one or more other users of the social networking system who also have a relationship with the viewing user, wherein the selected stored action and the one or more additional stored actions have a common element; generating a single aggregated story for the viewing user by aggregating the selected stored action and the one or more additional stored actions into the aggregated story based on the common element, wherein the aggregated story comprises relationship-based content personalized for the viewing user, which includes a description of: the selected stored action, the user who performed the selected stored action, and the one or more other users who performed the one or more additional stored actions; and sending the aggregated story for display to the viewing user.