8. The method recited in claim 1 , the method further comprising: dynamically determining the configuration information based on a role filled by a user within an organization.
1. A method in a database system implementing a social networking system, the method comprising: receiving, using a receiving circuitry at the database system, a request from a requesting user to generate an information feed of the social networking system according to configuration information customized by the requesting user, the configuration information stored as at least one data object in the database system and identifying an information source, the identified information source being a designated one of a plurality of records stored in the database system and having a plurality of associated updates, each update having an associated one or more of a plurality of update types, the configuration information including an indication that the requesting user is following the identified information source, the configuration information identifying for the identified information source a first one or more update types for inclusion in the information feed and a second one or more update types for exclusion from the information feed; selecting, using the database system, a first one or more of the plurality of updates associated with the first one or more update types, the first one or more updates being selected using a multi-tenant database of the database system, the multi-tenant database being accessible to a plurality of entities; excluding, using the database system, a second one or more of the plurality of updates as being associated with the second one or more update types; generating, using the database system, the requested information feed, the generated information feed including the first one or more updates as feed items and omitting the second one or more updates from being feed items and providing the generated information feed to a user device for display on a display device.