Featured content collection interface

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a first computing device during a first time interval, a first plurality of media content items;

identifying, from the first plurality of media content items, a first subset of media content items based on a first characteristic corresponding to an amount of user activity accumulated during use of a social networking application during a time frame of the time interval;

identifying, from the first subset of media content items, a second subset of media content items based on a second characteristic comprising a digital feature applied to the second subset of media content items;

generating a first sequenced content collection including the first subset and the second subset; and

causing a first content collection interface to be displayed by the first computing device, the first content collection interface comprising the first sequenced content collection.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a notification overlay associated with the first content collection interface; and

transmitting the notification overlay to the first computing device after the first sequence content collection is generated.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of media content items are ephemeral, and the plurality of media content items comprises at least one video, at least one image, at least one photograph, at least one augmented reality media content item, or at least one three-dimensional object.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time interval is based on a creation date associated with each of the plurality of media content items being generated by the first computing device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subset of media content items based on a first characteristic comprise augmented reality media content items, wherein the first characteristic further corresponds to an augmented reality image transformation applied to the media content items in the first subset of media content items.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second subset of media content items based on the second characteristic comprise media content items that comprise an image overlay component.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second subset of media content items based on the second characteristic comprise media content items that are stored in the first computing device.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the first computing device during a second time interval, a second plurality of media content items;

identifying, from the plurality of media content items, a third subset of media content items based on the first characteristic;

identifying, from the third subset of media content items, a fourth subset of media content items based on the second characteristic;

generating a second sequenced content collection including the third subset and the fourth subset; and

causing a second content collection interface to be displayed by the first computing device, the second content collection interface comprising the second sequenced content collection.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second time interval is greater than the first time interval.

10. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a first computing device during a first time interval, a first plurality of media content items;

identifying, from the first plurality of media content items, a first subset of media content items based on a first characteristic corresponding to an amount of user activity accumulated during use of a social networking application during a time frame of the first time interval;

identifying, from the first subset of media content items, a second subset of media content items based on a second characteristic comprising a digital feature applied to the second subset of media content items;

generating a first sequenced content collection including the first subset and the second subset; and

causing a first content collection interface to be displayed by the first computing device, the first content collection interface comprising the first sequenced content collection.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further configure the system to perform operations comprising:

generating a notification overlay associated with the first content collection interface; and

transmitting the notification overlay to the first computing device after the first sequence content collection is generated.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of media content items are ephemeral, and the plurality of media content items comprises at least one video, at least one image, at least one photograph, at least one augmented reality media content item, or at least one three-dimensional object.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the time interval is based on a creation date associated with each of the plurality of media content items being generated by the first computing device.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first subset of media content items based on a first characteristic comprise augmented reality media content items, wherein the first characteristic further corresponds to an augmented reality image transformation applied to the media content items in the first subset of media content items.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the second subset of media content items based on the second characteristic comprise media content items that comprise an image overlay component.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the second subset of media content items based on the second characteristic comprise media content items that are stored in the first computing device.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further configure the system to performing operations comprising:

receiving, from the first computing device during a second time interval, a second plurality of media content items;

identifying, from the plurality of media content items, a third subset of media content items based on the first characteristic;

identifying, from the third subset of media content items, a fourth subset of media content items based on the second characteristic,

generating a second sequenced content collection including the third subset and the fourth subset; and

causing a second content collection interface to be displayed by the first computing device, the second content collection interface comprising the second sequenced content collection.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the second time interval is greater than the first time interval.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a first computing device during a first time interval, a first plurality of media content items;

identifying, from the first plurality of media content items, a first subset of media content items based on a first characteristic corresponding to an amount of user activity accumulated during use of a social networking application during a time frame of the first time interval;

identifying, from the first subset of media content items, a second subset of media content items based on a second characteristic comprising a digital feature applied to the second subset of media content items;

generating a first sequenced content collection including the first subset and the second subset; and

causing a first content collection interface to be displayed by the first computing device, the first content collection interface comprising the first sequenced content collection.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the plurality of media content items are ephemeral, and the plurality of media content items comprises at least one video, at least one image, at least one photograph, at least one augmented reality media content item, or at least one three-dimensional object.