Posting content to social medium
A computer-implemented method of posting content to a social medium comprises receiving content posted by a user along with an associated posting time which indicates when the user selected an option to post the content to the social medium; determining that publication of the content posted by the user is dependent on a trigger; and in response to determining that publication of the content is dependent on the trigger, storing the content with the associated posting time and suspending publication of the content until the trigger is satisfied such that the posting time published with the content indicates a time prior to transmission of the content from an electronic device to a server for publishing.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving content from a user for publication to a social medium;
determining to indefinitely suspend publication of the content until a trigger is satisfied, wherein the trigger comprises an arrival of the user or a party other than the user at a predetermined location designated by the user or a vicinity of the predetermined location;
determining that the trigger is satisfied; and
publishing the content at a publication time in response to determining that the trigger is satisfied, wherein the content is published such that a published posting time of the content indicates a time prior to the publication time.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the content is received at a first time, and the published posting time is the first time.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein indefinitely suspending publication of the content comprises:
storing the content and posting time in a memory of an electronic device;
indefinitely suspending transmission of the content from the electronic device to a server;
determining that the trigger has been satisfied at the electronic device; and
in response to determining that the trigger has been satisfied, transmitting the content and the receiving time from the electronic device to the server for publication.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein indefinitely suspending publication of the content comprises:
receiving the content and the posting time transmitted from the electronic device to the server for publication;
storing the content and posting time in a memory at the server;
determining that the trigger has been satisfied at the server; and
in response to determining that the trigger has been satisfied, publishing the content and the posting time at the server.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger further comprises one of:
the user having left the predetermined location that is designated by the user;
an absence of the user from the predetermined location designated by the user; or
an absence of the user from the vicinity of the predetermined location.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger further comprises one of:
an elapse of a predicted time until the user arrives at the predetermined location designated by the user from a current position;
an elapse of time indicated in a schedule until the user leaves the current position;
an elapse of a predicted time until the user leaves the current position; or
an elapse of a predetermined time.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger further comprises a presence of the party other than the user at the predetermined location that is designated by the user.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether publication of the posted content to a subset of users of the social medium is enabled; and
in response to publication of the posted content to the subset of users being enabled, attaching to the posted content information allowing the publication to the subset of the users and transmitting the posted content with the information to the server.
9. A system comprising: a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive content from a user for publication to a social medium; determine to indefinitely suspend publication of the content until a trigger is satisfied, wherein the trigger comprises an arrival of the user or a party other than the user at a predetermined location designated by the user or a vicinity of the predetermined location;
determine that the trigger is satisfied; and
publish the content at a publication time in response to determining that the trigger is satisfied, wherein the content is published such that a published posting time of the content indicates a time prior to the publication time.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the content is received at a first time, and the published posting time is the first time.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions of indefinitely suspending publication of the content include further instruction that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
store the content and posting time in a memory of an electronic device;
indefinitely suspend transmission of the content from the electronic device to a server;
determine that the trigger has been satisfied at the electronic device; and
in response to determining that the trigger has been satisfied, transmit the content and the receiving time from the electronic device to the server for publication.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions of indefinitely suspending publication of the content include further instruction that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive the content and the posting time transmitted from the electronic device to the server for publication;
store the content and posting time in a memory at the server;
determine that the trigger has been satisfied at the server; and
in response to determining that the trigger has been satisfied, publish the content and the posting time at the server.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the trigger further comprises one of:
the user having left the predetermined location that is designated by the user;
an absence of the user from the predetermined location designated by the user; or
an absence of the user from the vicinity of the predetermined location.
14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the trigger further comprises one of:
an elapse of a predicted time until the user arrives at the predetermined location designated by the user from a current position;
an elapse of time indicated in a schedule until the user leaves the current position;
an elapse of a predicted time until the user leaves the current position; or
an elapse of a predetermined time.
15. The system of claim 9 , the memory containing additional instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
determine whether publication of the posted content to a subset of users of the social medium is enabled; and
in response to publication of the posted content to the subset of users being enabled, attach to the posted content information allowing the publication to the subset of the users and transmitting the posted content with the information to the server.
16. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
receive content from a user for publication to a social medium;
determine to indefinitely suspend publication of the content until a trigger is satisfied, wherein the trigger comprises an arrival of the user or a party other than the user at a predetermined location designated by the user or a vicinity of the predetermined location; and
determine that the trigger is satisfied; and
publish the content at a publication time in response to determining that the trigger is satisfied, wherein the content is published such that a published posting time of the content indicates a time prior to the publication time.