[jabv]

Just to offer counter-perspective on your estimation that there's a "large" opportunity as you describe - I have never heard of any of my friends or family holding or attending a "watch party" for anything other than a few American football games each year.

It seems to me that this does happen, but for all I know, maybe FB considered your idea, and the idea failed market validation.

Or maybe you're dead on! (shruggie emoticon)

[dkarl]

In the last year I've been invited to watch parties for the presidential election, a G.L.O.W. binge, the Game of Thrones season premier, and the first couple of Twin Peaks episodes. FWIW, the physical constraints are big aspects preventing people organizing more. The hosts have to make sure their house is clean, people have to stay up later to travel and/or clean up, they don't get to watch in their boxers. Making it virtual on Facebook would relieve all of those practical constraints, not to mention that lots of people have an itch to check Facebook while they watch anyway (which is not a positive thing, but there it is.)

On the downside, it punishes people who can't start exactly on time and prevents people pausing to grab a drink or go to the bathroom, so it isn't purely a no-brainer. People who "fall out of sync" would need to disconnect to avoid spoilers.

[gpawl]

> FWIW, the physical constraints are big aspects preventing people organizing more.

They are also big aspects of the value!

When someone says "it sure is hard to get my friends together for a party", it's not completely helpful to answer "so don't get together"

[careersuicide]

It's definitely been a thing for a while: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6otjCKg594