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March 22, 2020 01:34 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/wjAEzmHbZ4Y/netflix-party-a-new-chrome-extension-adds-chat-panes-to-movies
'Netflix Party': a New Chrome Extension Adds Chat Panes to Movies
GameSpot calls it "like an AOL chat room" combined with Netflix. The Guardian reports:You log in, share a viewing link with friends, choose one person to be in charge of picking what you watch and, as your chosen show plays out in the bulk of the screen, a chatroom pops up on the right-hand side. You can discuss the show with the people in your room, or argue, or flirt, or veer wildly off-tangent because you've realised that you've picked an absolute dud to watch. Right now, Netflix Party feels absolutely necessary. Self-quarantine has atomised us, and if this is the closest we can get to watching films and TV shows with our friends, then we'll grab it with both hands. But then again, even if this wasn't a time of enormous struggle, Netflix Party would be a terrific idea. Because the biggest downside to this vast glut of non-linear content is that nobody watches the same thing at the same time any more. There are no more water cooler series, because everyone at the water cooler has to tiptoe around the fact that they might be a few episodes ahead of everyone else, and one stray spoiler slip might ruin it for everyone else. Television has always been a social pursuit, but this element has been lost in recent years. "Twenty servers were added today to help more people spend time together without leaving home," notes Forbes.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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