Patent ID: 8331566

Claim:
A method comprising: generating, by a computing device, a unique identifier that identifies a media object and that is associated with a placeholder object, wherein the media object is of a higher fidelity than the placeholder object; generating, by the computing device, a media share request that commands a media sharing service to define a network-accessible post, wherein the media share request comprises the unique identifier and the placeholder object; transmitting, by the computing device, the media share request to the media sharing service; after initiating transmission of the media share request, transmitting, by the computing device, the media object and the unique identifier to the media sharing service; replacing the placeholder object in the network-accessible post with the media object based on the unique identifier once the media object has been received; upon replacing the placeholder object, deleting the placeholder object from the network-accessible post; and upon replacing the placeholder object, altering one or more characteristics of the network-accessible post as an indication of replacing the placeholder object in the network-accessible post with the media object.