Systems and methods for time-based association of content and profile information

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying, by a computing system, a content item posted by a user;

acquiring, by the computing system, time data associated with the content item;

selecting, by the computing system, for each viewing user, a profile picture out of a set of profile pictures associated with the user based on a timestamp of the profile picture that is nearest to a time when the content item was posted and one or more privacy settings associated with the user; and

providing, by the computing system, for each viewing user, the selected profile picture for presentation in association with the content item, wherein the selected profile picture is accessible to the viewing user based on the one or more privacy settings associated with the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the profile picture out of the set of profile pictures further comprises:

acquiring a respective timestamp for each profile picture in the set of profile pictures associated with the user; and

analyzing the respective timestamp for each profile picture and the time data associated with the content item, wherein the time data associated with the content item indicates a time when the content item was posted.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the profile picture out of the set of profile pictures further comprises:

acquiring a respective timestamp for each profile picture in the set of profile pictures associated with the user;

determining, based at least in part on the respective timestamp for each profile picture, a most recent profile picture out of the set of profile pictures;

analyzing the time data associated with the content item to determine that the content item was posted at or after a time indicated by a timestamp for the most recent profile picture; and

identifying the most recent profile picture as the profile picture to be provided in association with the content item.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based at least in part on the one or more privacy settings associated with the user, that a particular profile picture in the set of profile pictures is inaccessible to a particular viewing user; and

preventing the particular profile picture from being provided in association with the content item when the content item is provided to the particular viewing user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting that a particular profile picture is removed from the set of profile pictures; and

preventing the particular profile picture from being provided in association with the content item when the content item is provided to a viewing user.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the profile picture to be provided in association with the content item corresponds to a current profile picture of the user when other profile pictures in the set of profile pictures are unable to be provided in association with the content item.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the content item is posted by the user to at least one of a group associated with the user or an event associated with the user.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a mouse hover over the profile picture provided in association with the content item; and

providing a hover card for the user while the mouse hover is detected, the hover card including a current profile picture of the user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the content item posted by the user is associated with at least one of a media content item posted by the user, text posted by the user, a status update posted by the user, a message posted by the user, a comment posted by the user, a content like posted by the user, a shared content item posted by the user, or a story content item posted by the user.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the set of profile pictures corresponds to a profile picture album associated with the user at a social networking system.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform:

identifying a content item posted by a user;

acquiring time data associated with the content item;

selecting, for each particular viewing user, a profile picture out of a set of profile pictures associated with the user based on a timestamp of the profile picture that is nearest to a time when the content item was posted and one or more privacy settings associated with the user; and

providing, for each viewing user, the selected profile picture for presentation in association with the content item, wherein the selected profile picture is accessible to the viewing user based on the one or more privacy settings associated with the user.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selecting of the profile picture out of the set of profile pictures further comprises:

acquiring a respective timestamp for each profile picture in the set of profile pictures associated with the user; and

analyzing the respective timestamp for each profile picture and the time data associated with the content item, wherein the time data associated with the content item indicates a time when the content item was posted.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selecting of the profile picture out of the set of profile pictures further comprises:

acquiring a respective timestamp for each profile picture in the set of profile pictures associated with the user;

determining, based at least in part on the respective timestamp for each profile picture, a most recent profile picture out of the set of profile pictures;

analyzing the time data associated with the content item to determine that the content item was posted at or after a time indicated by a timestamp for the most recent profile picture; and

identifying the most recent profile picture as the profile picture to be provided in association with the content item.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform:

determining, based at least in part on the one or more privacy settings associated with the user, that a particular profile picture in the set of profile pictures is inaccessible to a particular viewing user; and

preventing the particular profile picture from being provided in association with the content item when the content item is provided to the particular viewing user.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the content item posted by the user is associated with at least one of a media content item posted by the user, text posted by the user, a status update posted by the user, a message posted by the user, a comment posted by the user, a content like posted by the user, a shared content item posted by the user, or a story content item posted by the user.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:

identifying a content item posted by a user;

acquiring time data associated with the content item;

selecting, for each viewing user, a profile picture out of a set of profile pictures associated with the user based on a timestamp of the profile picture that is nearest to a time when the content item was posted and one or more privacy settings associated with the user; and

providing, for each viewing user, the selected profile picture for presentation in association with the content item, wherein the selected profile picture is accessible to the viewing user based on the one or more privacy settings associated with the user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the selecting of the profile picture out of the set of profile pictures further comprises:

acquiring a respective timestamp for each profile picture in the set of profile pictures associated with the user; and

analyzing the respective timestamp for each profile picture and the time data associated with the content item, wherein the time data associated with the content item indicates a time when the content item was posted.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the selecting of the profile picture out of the set of profile pictures further comprises:

acquiring a respective timestamp for each profile picture in the set of profile pictures associated with the user;

determining, based at least in part on the respective timestamp for each profile picture, a most recent profile picture out of the set of profile pictures;

analyzing the time data associated with the content item to determine that the content item was posted at or after a time indicated by a timestamp for the most recent profile picture; and

identifying the most recent profile picture as the profile picture to be provided in association with the content item.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform:

determining, based at least in part on the one or more privacy settings associated with the user, that a particular profile picture in the set of profile pictures is inaccessible to a particular viewing user; and

preventing the particular profile picture from being provided in association with the content item when the content item is provided to the particular viewing user.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the content item posted by the user is associated with at least one of a media content item posted by the user, text posted by the user, a status update posted by the user, a message posted by the user, a comment posted by the user, a content like posted by the user, a shared content item posted by the user, or a story content item posted by the user.