11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions, the instructions executable to perform steps comprising: providing, to a client device associated with a first user of a plurality of users of a social networking system, a user interface for display to the first user; receiving from the first user, via the client device, a check-in at a location associated with a page in the social networking system, wherein the page is a social networking system page about at least one of a product, a business, a location, and a topic of interest, and wherein the page is a node in a social graph of the social networking system; responsive to receiving the check-in, providing a user interface element for receiving a tip associated with the page; receiving, via the client device, a tip from the first user that is associated with the page; identifying a plurality of tips, including the received tip, that are associated with the page, the plurality of tips shared by one or more of the plurality of users of the social networking system; receiving, via a second client device, a request from a second user of the plurality of users to display one or more of the plurality of tips associated with the page, wherein each tip is associated with privacy criteria that identify users having permission to view that tip; determining that the second user meets privacy criteria associated with a set of candidate tips of the plurality of tips; selecting, by a computer processor, one or more tips, including the received tip, from the set of candidate tips to display to the second user based in part on the second user meeting the privacy criteria associated with the received tip and a relevancy score associated with the received tip, the relevancy score providing a likelihood the second user will view the received tip and is based in part on a number of interactions between the second user and the first user within the social networking system; and responsive to the selecting, providing the page to the second client device, the page displaying the selected one or more tips.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions, the instructions executable to perform steps comprising: providing, to a client device associated with a first user of a plurality of users of a social networking system, a user interface for display to the first user; receiving from the first user, via the client device, a check-in at a location associated with a page in the social networking system, wherein the page is a social networking system page about at least one of a product, a business, a location, and a topic of interest, and wherein the page is a node in a social graph of the social networking system; responsive to receiving the check-in, providing a user interface element for receiving a tip associated with the page; receiving, via the client device, a tip from the first user that is associated with the page; identifying a plurality of tips, including the received tip, that are associated with the page, the plurality of tips shared by one or more of the plurality of users of the social networking system; receiving, via a second client device, a request from a second user of the plurality of users to display one or more of the plurality of tips associated with the page, wherein each tip is associated with privacy criteria that identify users having permission to view that tip; determining that the second user meets privacy criteria associated with a set of candidate tips of the plurality of tips; selecting, by a computer processor, one or more tips, including the received tip, from the set of candidate tips to display to the second user based in part on the second user meeting the privacy criteria associated with the received tip and a relevancy score associated with the received tip, the relevancy score providing a likelihood the second user will view the received tip and is based in part on a number of interactions between the second user and the first user within the social networking system; and responsive to the selecting, providing the page to the second client device, the page displaying the selected one or more tips. 16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the user interface is also provided to users of the social networking system on a third party web-page, the user interface provided via a social plug-in displaying social networking information on a portion of the web-page and receiving tips provided by the first user on the web-page.