# Activity Feed — Mobile app A chronological stream of actions taken by users and the system — a browsable record of what has happened, distinct from notifications that demand attention. Source: https://www.checklist.design/mobile/activity-feed ## Items ### Feed item anatomy The consistent structure of each entry: who did what, to which object, and when _Tip: When actor, action, and object occupy the same position across all item types, users can scan the feed without reading every word_ ### Relative timestamps Times shown in human-readable relative format ('just now', '2 minutes ago', 'yesterday') for recent activity _Tip: Switch to absolute dates for items older than 7 days. '3 weeks ago' stops being useful when a user needs to pinpoint when something happened_ ### Avatar and attribution A visual identifier (avatar or icon) for the person or system responsible for each activity item _Tip: System-generated events need a distinct visual treatment so users can tell human activity from automated actions without reading the description_ ### Object link Each feed item linking directly to the resource it describes (the document, task, or message that was acted upon) _Tip: The feed is most useful when it doubles as a navigation shortcut. A user who taps an activity item should arrive at exactly the thing that changed, not a category view_ ### Activity grouping Related actions from the same actor or on the same object consolidated into a single item rather than listed individually. _Tip: 'Sarah edited 6 items' is far less noisy than six separate edit events. Group aggressively — uncollapsed feeds in active workspaces become unreadable quickly._ ### Filter controls A way to narrow the feed by actor, action type, or time period. _Tip: When the feed spans a large team or a long period, filtering is the difference between a useful audit trail and a wall of noise._ ### Empty state Helpful content when the feed has no items — for new users who have not yet generated activity, and for filtered views that return nothing. _Tip: A new user's empty feed is a prompt, not a gap — use it to suggest the first action that will generate activity._ ### Load more A mechanism for viewing older activity beyond the initial page load. _Tip: Infinite scroll works against users who treat the feed as a reference — a 'Load more' button preserves scroll position so they can return to where they were._ ## License for the Checklist Design collection Checklist Design collection: https://github.com/Checklist-Design/skills Snapshot: bfae71e507b1b7c03c12e0756402b60eb80f5d14 · Imported: 2026-11-12 Republished under the MIT License. Original checklist text belongs to Checklist Design. MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 Checklist Design Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.