Method and device for a video content distribution and messaging platform providing personalized video feeds

A computing device comprising a processing unit and a non-transient storage device storing instructions, which instructions when executed by the processing unit configure the computing unit to:

• provide, through a computer network, a video content distribution and messaging platform to communicate video content from a plurality of content sources to respective user devices of platform users, wherein the platform associates two or more of the platform users as friends in accordance with respective permissions of the two or more platform users;
• receive, at the platform, a video recommendation from a first platform user for an instance of video content distributed to the first platform user, the video recommendation to be communicated to at least one other platform user who is a friend of the first platform user;
• and
• send, from the platform, the video recommendation to the at least one other platform user who is a friend,
• wherein the video recommendation is sent for display in a personalized feed of video content.