Persistent customized social media environment

A computer implemented method of sharing a media experience, comprising:

• registering with a social content sharing service, the social content sharing service hosting a plurality of customized social media environments;
• retrieving a sharing application to a media display device, the sharing application responsive to a common shared content experience and providing a user interface;
• accessing a persistent customized social media environment definition via the sharing application, the persistent customized social media environment definition including a definition of other users to be included in a persistent customized social media environment, a shared content experience, and one or more modules provided in the sharing application, ones of said modules being specified by each persistent customized social media environment definition, each definition specifying at least a selector for other persistent social media environments as components of the user interface, each persistent social media environment having a plurality of users and maintained for a duration of the common shared content experience;
• engaging a persistent customized social media environment defined by the persistent customized social media environment definition by selecting to participate in the environment;
• providing communication data into the persistent social media environment;
• suggesting additional users for the persistent customized social media environment definition based on tagging users and indicating the tagged users share a common interest such that a number of users, including the suggested additional users, meets a threshold number of users for participating in the common shared content experience;
• and
• outputting the communication data to one or more other users, including the suggested additional users, participating in the persistent customized social media based on a selection of individual ones of the one or more other users or a group of the other users, wherein
• the shared content experience is displayed to users connected to the persistent customized social media environment in a time shifted presentation.

The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the outputting communications includes:

• selecting a recipient to receive a private message;
• generating private message content;
• and
• routing the private message content to the recipient.

One or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for sharing a media experience, the method comprising:

• registering with a social content sharing service, the social content sharing service hosting a plurality of customized social media environments;
• retrieving a sharing application to a media display device, the sharing application responsive to a common shared content experience and providing a user interface;
• accessing a persistent customized social media environment definition via the sharing application, the persistent customized social media environment definition including a definition of other users to be included in a persistent customized social media environment, a shared content experience, and one or more modules provided in the sharing application, ones of said modules being specified by each persistent customized social media environment definition, each definition specifying at least a selector for other persistent social media environments as components of the user interface, each persistent social media environment having a plurality of users and maintained for a duration of the common shared content experience;
• engaging a persistent customized social media environment defined by the persistent customized social media environment definition by selecting to participate in the environment;
• providing communication data into the persistent social media environment;
• suggesting additional users for the persistent customized social media environment definition based on tagging users and indicating the tagged users share a common interest such that a number of users, including the suggested additional users, meets a threshold number of users for participating in the common shared content experience;
• and
• outputting the communication data to one or more other users, including the suggested additional users, participating in the persistent customized social media based on a selection of individual ones of the one or more other users or a group of the other users, wherein
• the shared content experience is displayed to users connected to the persistent customized social media environment in a time shifted presentation.