function renderUpdates(updates) {
    var updates_html = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < updates.length; i++) {
      var update = updates[i].update;
      var message = update.message;
      var member = update.member_name;
      var groups = update.groups;
      var created_at = update.created_at;
      var update_type = update.update_type;
      var votes_count = update.votes_count;
      var votes_msg = "";
      if (votes_count != 0) {
        if (votes_count == 1) 
          votes_msg = "1 vote"
        else
          votes_msg = votes_count + " votes"
      }
      updates_html.push("<li><span class='member'>" + member + 
        "</span> <span class='message'>" + message + 
        "</span> <span class='supplementary'>(" + update_type + 
        " posted on " + created_at + ") " + votes_msg + "</span></li>");
    }
    document.getElementById("shareonce_update_list").innerHTML = updates_html.join("");
}