METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING UPDATES TO ASSOCIATED RECORDS TO PUBLISH ON AN INFORMATION FEED IN AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE ENVIRONMENT

Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for selecting updates to associated records to publish on an information feed in an on-demand database service environment. In one embodiment, one or more updates associated with a data record are accessed. The one or more updates are stored in a database. The data record is a parent record, and the one or more updates relate to one or more child records associated with the parent record. The one or more updates are provided as one or more candidates for publication on an information feed associated with the data record, where the information feed is capable of being displayed on a display device. A number of the candidates is selected for publication on the information feed based on one or more criteria.