1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising steps of: providing a computer-based service over a network to a set of users; enabling each user, in the set of users, to interact with at least one application, from one or more applications that are associated with the computer-based service, through at least one application display from a plurality of application displays; wherein the plurality of application displays are associated with the computer-based service; wherein the plurality of application displays include a plurality of views; monitoring, by the computer-based service, for occurrence of events from a plurality of events; wherein each event, from the plurality of events, corresponds to at least one of: a) interaction with at least one of the one or more applications, by at least one user from the set of users; or b) at least one information update to content of at least one view from the plurality of views; in response, at least in part, to occurrence of a first event, of the plurality of events, that corresponds to an information update to content of a view from the plurality of views, sending a first alert to each user of a plurality of first users, from the set of users, about the first event, to cause display of the first alert in a respective application display, from the plurality of application displays, of each of the plurality of first users; wherein the respective application display of each of the plurality of first users includes at least one other alert about a different event from the plurality of events; wherein the first alert includes one or more links that provide access to one or more views that are associated with the first event; wherein at least one link from the one or more links provides access to the view; enabling each user, of the plurality of first users, to enter one or more comments in relation to the first alert and to share said one or more comments, among the plurality of first users, in relation to the first alert; receiving, by the computer-based service, a comment, entered in a text entry interface that is related to the first alert, from a particular first user of the plurality of first users; and causing display of the comment, in relation to the first alert, to each user from the plurality of first users.