1. One or more servers for providing access to a private resource in an enterprise social networking system, the one or more servers comprising: one or more processors operable to execute one or more instructions configured to cause, at the one or more servers: receiving a request for access to a private resource in an enterprise social networking system to be granted to a first user, the request being received from a publisher associated with a second user, the publisher configured to publish a feed message as a feed item to at least a feed associated with the private resource, the feed message including a user identification (ID) identifying the first user, the private resource and the associated feed having restricted access to only users identifiable as having access to the private resource, the private resource being one of a record, a group, a user profile, and a file; determining that the first user does not have access to the private resource; providing the feed item to display in a first presentation of the feed associated with the private resource; providing information to display in a second presentation of a feed associated with a third user having a privilege to control user access to the private resource and the associated feed, the information identifying the request for access to the private resource to be granted to the first user in association with the feed item; providing input controls to display in the second presentation of the feed associated with the third user, the input controls configured to receive a user input to grant the request for access; and granting to the first user, responsive to the user input, access to the private resource and the associated feed.