Dynamic synchronization of media streams within a social network

A computer readable memory comprising processor executable program instructions, that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• monitoring an offset indicative of a temporal difference between a first stream of content provided to a first media processing unit and a second stream of the content provided to a second media processing unit against a specific threshold;
• in accordance with the offset exceeding a specific threshold, modifying the first stream to reduce the offset;
• and
• in accordance with the offset not exceeding the specific threshold, incorporating detectable representations of interactions between a first user associated the first media processing unit and a second user associated with the second media in the first stream.

A media processing device, comprising:

• a network interface adapter to receive a first stream of content from a service provider;
• a processor;
• and
• storage media including processor-executable program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• responsive to receiving an indication of a synchronization offset between a first stream of content associated with a first user and a second stream of content associated with a second user exceeding a specific threshold, modifying play back of the first stream to reduce the synchronization offset;
• and
• responsive to receiving an indication of the synchronization offset not exceeding the specific threshold, including, with the first stream:
• a user object, representing the second user, overlaying the content;
• and
• an interaction object representing an interaction between the first user and the second user, wherein the interaction comprises a text message and the interaction object is indicative of the text message.