1. A method of operation of a user device of a user comprising: joining a media sharing system including the user device of the user and one or more other user devices of a corresponding one or more other users such that one or more shared media collections of the one or more other users hosted by the one or more other user devices are available to the user; obtaining from a second user device of the one or more other user devices a collection digest that summarizes a shared media collection of the one or more shared media collections hosted by the second user device; and presenting the collection digest to the user.