Restricted group content collection

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, input from a first client device that initiates a group story in relation to an event, the event associated with a start time and an end time;

after the group story has been initiated, determining that a second client device was previously located within a geo-fence associated with a geographic location of the event between the start time and the end time; and

enabling the second client device to perform a function in relation to content associated with the group story in response to determining that the second client device was previously located within the geo-fence between the start time and the end time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input designates one or more parameters of the group story and the one or more parameters comprise the geo-fence.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving location data from the second client device that indicates a geographic location of the second client device; and

determining that the received location data of the second client device satisfies the one or more parameters of the group story.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

associating a posting window with the group story that defines a time window during which content is allowed to be associated with the group story.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on an entity graph representing connections between a plurality of users registered with a messaging server system, that a first user, associated with the first client device, is within a threshold degree of connection with a second user associated with the second client device; and

causing the first client device to present a user interface element that enables the second user to submit given content to the group story.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining metadata associated with content received from the second client device, the metadata indicating a time at which the content was captured and a geographic location at which the content was captured;

determining, based on the metadata, that the content was captured from within the geo-fence between the start and end times of the event;

transmitting, to the first client device, the content received from the second client device;

receiving, from the first client device, an authorization message to add the content to the group story; and

in response to receiving the authorization message, adding the content to the group story.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an access request from a third client device associated with a third user; and

determining that the third user is authorized to view the group story.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining that the third user is authorized to view the group story comprises:

determining, based on an entity graph, that the third user is within a threshold degree of connection with a first user.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deleting the group story after a threshold period of time of inactivity related to the group story.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the group story has remained inactive for a threshold period of time; and

deleting the group story.

11. A system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving input from a first client device that initiates a group story in relation to an event, the event associated with a start time and an end time;

after the group story has been initiated, determining that a second client device was previously located within a geo-fence associated with a geographic location of the event between the start time and the end time; and

enabling the second client device to perform a function in relation to content associated with the group story in response to determining that the second client device was previously located within the geo-fence between the start time and the end time.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the input designates one or more parameters of the group story, and the one or more parameters comprise the geo-fence.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving location data from the second client device that indicates a geographic location of the second client device; and

determining that the received location data of the second client device satisfies the one or more parameters of the group story.

14. The method of claim 4 , wherein the time window begins at the start time of the event and ends at a threshold period of time following the end time of the event.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, based on an entity graph representing connections between a plurality of users registered with a messaging server system, that a first user, associated with the first client device, is within a threshold degree of connection with a second user associated with the second client device; and

causing the first client device to present a user interface element that enables the second user to submit given content to the group story.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining metadata associated with content received from the second client device, the metadata indicating a time at which the content was captured and a geographic location at which the content was captured;

determining, based on the metadata, that the content was captured from within the geo-fence between the start and end times of the event;

transmitting, to the first client device, the content received from the second client device;

receiving, from the first client device, an authorization message to add the content to the group story; and

in response to receiving the authorization message, adding the content to the group story.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an access request from a third client device associated with a third user; and

determining that the third user is authorized to view the group story.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein determining that the third user is authorized to view the group story comprises:

determining, based on an entity graph, that the third user is within a threshold degree of connection with a first user.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise deleting the group story after a threshold period of time of inactivity related to the group story.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of a messaging server system, cause the messaging server system to perform operations comprising:

receiving input from a first client device that initiates a group story in relation to an event, the event associated with a start time and an end time;

after the group story has been initiated, determining that a second client device was previously located within a geo-fence associated with a geographic location of the event between the start time and the end time; and

enabling the second client device to perform a function in relation to content associated with the group story in response to determining that the second client device was previously located within the geo-fence between the start time and the end time.