Sharing Television and Video Programming through Social Networking

A method comprising:

• by one or more computer systems, querying a graph for content generated by a plurality of users, the content about a particular video being watched by the plurality of users;
• by the one or more computer systems, accessing respective privacy settings associated with each of the plurality of users, the privacy settings indicating whether a particular user has authorized the sharing of content associated with the particular user with one or more third parties;
• and
• by the one or more computer systems, providing the content about the particular video being watched by the plurality of users to a particular third party if the privacy settings of the plurality of users indicate that they have authorized the sharing of the social content with one or more third parties, the content being provided to the particular third party in real time while the particular video is being watched by the plurality of users.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media in one or more computing systems, the media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:

• query a graph for content generated by a plurality of users, the content about a particular video being watched by the plurality of users;
• access respective privacy settings associated with each of the plurality of users, the privacy settings indicating whether a particular user has authorized the sharing of content associated with the particular user with one or more third parties;
• and
• provide the content about the particular video being watched by the plurality of users to a particular third party if the privacy settings of the plurality of users indicate that they have authorized the sharing of the social content with one or more third parties, the content being provided to the particular third party in real time while the particular video is being watched by the plurality of users.

A system, comprising:

• one or more memory devices;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, the processor operable to:
• query a graph for content generated by a plurality of users, the content about a particular video being watched by the plurality of users;
• access respective privacy settings associated with each of the plurality of users, the privacy settings indicating whether a particular user has authorized the sharing of content associated with the particular user with one or more third parties;
• and
• provide the content about the particular video being watched by the plurality of users to a particular third party if the privacy settings of the plurality of users indicate that they have authorized the sharing of the social content with one or more third parties, the content being provided to the particular third party in real time while the particular video is being watched by the plurality of users.