10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 further comprising the steps of: receiving, by the computer, comment input from the second user, the comment input received via the news feed of the second user.
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having embedded thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor for performing a method, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer of a social networking system, input from a first user specifying a planned future status of the first user; determining an influencer weight between the first user and a second user who is connected to the first user in the social networking system, the influencer weight calculated based on stored data regarding the influence of the first user's actions on subsequent actions taken by the second user within the social networking system, the influencer weight predicting whether the second user will click a link allowing the second user to join the planned future status; selecting a first notification for display to the second user based on the determined influencer weight; sending for display, to the second user, the selected first notification about the planned future status of the first user, the first notification including the link allowing the second user to join the planned future status; receiving, by the computer, input from the second user via the link specifying that the second user will join the planned future status of the first user; and sending for display, to each of a plurality of third users who are connected to the second user, a second notification about the second user joining the planned future status of the first user, the second notification displayed to each of the third users, the second notification including a link allowing the third users to join the planned future status.