Finding

A candidate informational result discovered or computed by Find. A finding is not yet normalized runtime content.

Examples:

• recommended restaurant
• nearby friend
• active gathering
• traffic alert
• calendar conflict
• suggested route

A finding:

• is produced by Find from a provider
• is contextual and time-bounded
• is distinct from a notification (which is targeted and recipient-scoped)
• is distinct from activity (which is an append-only feed record)

Sub-concepts:

• findings surface — a surface composed primarily of findings
• finding provider — an internal or external source queried by Find

Allowed:

• finding
• findings
• findings surface
• findings provider
• [type] finding (e.g., nearby finding)

Forbidden:

• result (implies a response to an explicit search query; findings may be proactive)
• recommendation (too specific; findings include alerts and computed results)
• suggestion (same)

Notes:

• "Finding" is the product noun for what a provider discovers or computes. "Find" is the service. Do not use "find" as a noun for an individual result.
• Findings are distinct from discovery (the Social graph traversal).
• Surface may translate a finding into a Surface Object on member action.

Related:

• find (service)
• discovery (distinct; social graph traversal)
• surface
• block
• object
• notification (distinct)
• activity (distinct)