7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preference event interface further comprises: a third control portion comprising multiple display controls for: pausing the automatic addition of new preference events; and resuming the automatic addition of new preference events after said pausing.
1. A method of displaying preference events of users in real time, the method comprising: presenting a preference event interface comprising: a display portion displaying multiple individual preference events for corresponding content contributions, each preference event comprising: a title of the corresponding content contribution; a symbol identifying the type of preference event; and a numerical score reflecting an aggregation of positive preference events and negative preference events received for the corresponding content contribution; a first control portion comprising multiple preference controls for selecting one or more types of preference events to display in the display portion; and a second control portion comprising multiple content controls for selecting one or more types of content contributions for which preference events are to be displayed in the display portion; wherein no content contributions corresponding to the displayed preference events are displayed in the preference event interface; and periodically automatically adding to the display portion a new preference event that satisfies the preference controls and the content controls.