User-card interfaces

1. A method comprising, by a computing device:

receiving, at the computing device from a client system associated with a first user, a request to access a user-card interface;

generating, by the computing device in response to the request, a plurality of user-cards, each user-card being associated with a pre-selected query, each user-card comprising references to one or more second users matching the pre-selected query associated with the user-card;

calculating, by the computing device, a user-card score for each user-card, wherein the user-card score represents a relevance of the pre-selected query associated with the user-card to the first user and a relevance of the one or more second users referenced in the user-card to the first user, the relevance of the second users referenced in the user-card being based on at least an affinity coefficient of the first user with respect to the second users, wherein each user-card further comprises one or more interactive elements with respect to one or more second users referenced in the user-card; and

sending, from the computing device to the client system responsive to the request, instructions for presenting the user-card interface, wherein the user-card interface comprises a plurality of user-cards, the user-cards being presented in ranked order based on the user-card score associated with each user-card.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relevance of the pre-selected query associated with the user-card to the first user is based on the one or more second users matching the pre-selected query.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more interactive elements are operable to initiate one or more of:

sending a friend request to the referenced second user;

accepting a friend request from the referenced second user;

liking a status or wall post of the referenced second user;

sending a message to the referenced second user;

posting a message on a profile page of the referenced second user; or

viewing user-profile information about the referenced second user.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the client system, an input to apply a query-filter to a particular user-card; and

applying a query-filter to one or more other user-cards based on the input.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying a query-filter to one or more user-cards;

re-calculating the user-card score for the one or more user-cards; and

updating the ranked order of the user-cards being presented based on the re-calculated user-card scores.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the client system, an input indicating an association between the first user and the pre-selected query corresponding to a particular user-card;

re-calculating the user-card scores for one or more user-cards based at least in part on the input; and

updating the ranked order of the user-cards being presented based on the re-calculated user-card scores.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the client system, an input indicating a user interaction with a particular user-card, the particular user-card comprising references to a subset of second users; and

modifying, responsive to the input, the particular user-card to further comprise references to a superset of second users, the superset of second users comprising the subset of second users and one or more additional second users.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein each user-card is dynamically generated based at least in part on an action associated with the first user recorded by a social-networking system.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-selected query associated with each user-card is dynamically generated based at least in part on an action associated with the first user recorded by a social-networking system.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relevance of the pre-selected query associated with each user-card to the first user is based at least in part on a location associated with the first user.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the references to one or more second users comprise one or more of:

an image associated with the referenced second user;

a name of the referenced second user;

an email address associated with the referenced second user;

contact information associated with the referenced second user;

a user ID associated with the referenced second user; or

user-profile information on a social-networking system associated with the referenced second user.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

accessing a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, each of the edges between two of the nodes representing a single degree of separation between them, the nodes comprising:

a first node corresponding to the first user; and

a plurality of second nodes corresponding to a plurality of second users, respectively.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

each pre-selected query is a structured query referencing one or more nodes or one or more edges of the social graph; and

each user-card comprises references to one or more second users corresponding to one or more second nodes of the plurality of second nodes, respectively, matching the pre-selected query associated with the user-card.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving, from the client system, an input indicating an association between the first user and the pre-selected query associated with a particular user-card; and

adding a reference to the first node in the social graph for the pre-selected query corresponding to the particular user-card.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, for each user-card:

identifying one or more second users matching the pre-selected query associated with the user card;

calculating a user-score for each identified second user, wherein the user-score is based at least in part on an affinity coefficient of the first user with respect to the identified second user; and

generating the user-card to include references to one or more of the identified second users having a user-score above a threshold user-score.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the references to one or more second users are presented in ranked order based on the user-score associated with each second user.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the user-score is further based in part on a contact-score between the first user and the identified second-user, wherein the contact-score is based at least in part on one or more actions, recorded by a social-networking system, associated with the first user or the second user, that indicate an affinity of the first user with respect to the second user.

18. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

receive, from a client system associated with a first user, a request to access a user-card interface;

generate, in response to the request, a plurality of user-cards, each user-card being associated with a pre-selected query, each user-card comprising references to one or more second users matching the pre-selected query associated with the user-card;

calculate a user-card score for each user-card, wherein the user-card score represents a relevance of the pre-selected query associated with the user-card to the first user and a relevance of the one or more second users referenced in the user-card to the first user, the relevance of the second users referenced in the user-card being based on at least an affinity coefficient of the first user with respect to the second users, wherein each user-card further comprises one or more interactive elements with respect to one or more second users referenced in the user-card; and

send, to the client system responsive to the request, instructions for presenting the user-card interface, wherein the user-card interface comprises a plurality of user-cards, the user-cards being presented in ranked order based on the user-card score associated with each user-card.

19. A system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:

receive, from a client system associated with a first user, a request to access a user-card interface;

generate, in response to the request, a plurality of user-cards, each user-card being associated with a pre-selected query, each user-card comprising references to one or more second users matching the pre-selected query associated with the user-card;

calculate a user-card score for each user-card, wherein the user-card score represents a relevance of the pre-selected query associated with the user-card to the first user and a relevance of the one or more second users referenced in the user-card to the first user, the relevance of the second users referenced in the user-card being based on at least an affinity coefficient of the first user with respect to the second users, wherein each user-card further comprises one or more interactive elements with respect to one or more second users referenced in the user-card; and

send, to the client system responsive to the request, instructions for presenting the user-card interface, wherein the user-card interface comprises a plurality of user-cards, the user-cards being presented in ranked order based on the user-card score associated with each user-card.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein each pre-selected query is pre-generated by the computing device.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein each user-card of the plurality of user-cards within the user-card interface is selectable to be removed from the user-card interface.