1. A method comprising: monitoring by a social networking system one or more actions, each action performed by one or more users of the social networking system, each user having established a connection within the social networking system to at least one other user of the one or more users, the connection stored by the social networking system; receiving an entry from a first user of the one or more users, the received entry comprising a future status for the first user; storing the entry in a data store in association with an account of the first user; generating a plurality of stories, wherein the plurality of stories includes a first story and a second story, the first story being of a first story type comprising a description of a future status of a social networking system user, the first story comprising a description of the future status for the first user and one or more user interface elements for a viewing user to interact with the first story, and the second story being of a second story type, the second story comprising a description of one of the monitored actions comprising a previous status of a second social networking system user; selecting, by a computer system of the social networking system and without the first user's input, at least the first and second stories for display in a news feed of one or more other users of the plurality of users; and transmitting the selected stories for display to the news feed of the one or more other users.
1. A method comprising: monitoring by a social networking system one or more actions, each action performed by one or more users of the social networking system, each user having established a connection within the social networking system to at least one other user of the one or more users, the connection stored by the social networking system; receiving an entry from a first user of the one or more users, the received entry comprising a future status for the first user; storing the entry in a data store in association with an account of the first user; generating a plurality of stories, wherein the plurality of stories includes a first story and a second story, the first story being of a first story type comprising a description of a future status of a social networking system user, the first story comprising a description of the future status for the first user and one or more user interface elements for a viewing user to interact with the first story, and the second story being of a second story type, the second story comprising a description of one of the monitored actions comprising a previous status of a second social networking system user; selecting, by a computer system of the social networking system and without the first user's input, at least the first and second stories for display in a news feed of one or more other users of the plurality of users; and transmitting the selected stories for display to the news feed of the one or more other users. 18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more user interface elements for the viewing user to interact with the first story includes an option for the viewing user to comment on the description of the future status for the first user.