Presenting content items and performing actions with respect to content items

A system for a user device of a first user comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device, coupled to the memory, to:
• receive a request for a video item hosted by a content platform;
• provide a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI portion having a first media player to playback the requested video item and a second GUI portion having a second media player to playback an additional video item of a plurality of additional video items, wherein the requested video item comprises a plurality of portions that are each associated with a corresponding portion of the additional video of the plurality of additional video items based on a set of actions that were performed by a second user interacting with the corresponding portion of the additional video item;
• in response to the first media player beginning to playback a first portion of the plurality of portions of the requested video item, cause the second GUI portion to display a first portion of the additional video item without any interaction of the first user, wherein the first portion of the requested video item is associated with the first portion of the additional video item based on the set of actions that were performed by the second user;
• and
• in response to a first interaction of the first user with respect to a second portion of the additional video item, cause the playback of the requested video item to pause, wherein none of the plurality of portions of the requested video item is associated with the second portion of the additional video item based on the set of actions that were performed by the second user:

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing device of a user device of a user, cause the processing device of the user device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, by a user device of a first user, a request for a video item hosted by a content platform;
• providing, by the user device, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI portion having a first media player to playback the requested video item and a second GUI portion having a second media player to playback an additional video item of a plurality of additional video items, wherein the requested video item comprises a plurality of portions that are each associated with a corresponding portion of the additional video item of the plurality of additional video items based on a set of actions that were performed by a second user interacting with the corresponding portion of the additional video item;
• in response to the first media player beginning to playback a first portion of the plurality of portions of the requested video item, causing the second GUI portion to display a first portion of the additional video item without any interaction of the first user, wherein the first portion of the requested video item is associated with the first portion of the additional video item based on the set of actions that were performed by the second user;
• and
• in response to a first interaction of the first user with respect to a second portion of the additional video item, causing the playback of the requested video item to pause, wherein none of the plurality of portions of the requested video item is associated with the second portion of the additional video item based on the set of actions that were performed by the second user.