Sharing clips on Netflix o promote social sharing and co-viewing
It doesn't look like anything to me.
The best way to share Netflix content is word-of-mouth. You are limited to "check this show out, it's great," at which point your friend must recall that recommendation and manually pursue the series.
A mobile share button exists, but it can only message a generic link to the full series, which isn't much better.
A good sharing flow should:
I want to share something especially funny with my friend Kyle: this clip, which we know has been seen at least 1.2MM on YouTube (I'm not alone!)
I have to share that clip.
This brings up the pause menu and/or interaction options.
Ideally, the user has paused to share. If not, clicking share will pause the video.
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The video pauses (if not paused). The familiar 'scrubbing' interfaces appears but with subtle changes: two new buttons
The clip (the last 5 seconds, or a # we determine to be ideal) plays within the preview box on loop. We can click + or - to push the end/start by a second, resetting the loop each time to show the complete clip
Keep it simple: tap or over on the clip to share it.
A modern, detailed share menu let's you send a custom URL with your clip quickly and effectively (on mobile or desktop).
The clip would likely load within the app/netflix.com. When it finishes, the advantage for Netflix is they can offer much sharper calls to action such as "Play whole episode" or "View series" to the captive audience (using a familiar episode-end state).
Why do this? Netflix can:
Over time, we can steal a page from Amazon Kindle's book and pre-highlight popular clips.
This makes the process easier and reduces friction in the clipping phase