| |  | | | | January 12, 2018 | | What to Watch on Facebook Watch
It's a Brave New World for Original Content and Animals Doing Funny Things | |  | | | | | | | Earlier this week, in the name of service journalism, I clicked on the little "Watch" tab on the side of my Facebook page. What was this brave new world of video content? Why had I never bothered to click on it before? What do I do now that I'm here? Is that a video of an octopus escaping a pool through a tiny hole? Yes. Yes it is.
With Facebook's might, and the fact that they're dropping $1 billion on original content this year, it's certainly possible to imagine they'll be able to capture a sizable slice of the streaming pie sometime down the road. Right now, however, it can feel a bit like the Wild West of streaming—a more curated YouTube that nonetheless still tends to favor animals doing funny things.
Fortunately, I've surveyed the culture-scape of Facebook Watch to sort out the good from the bad from the right-wing propaganda, so you don't have to (you probably really don't want to). Fair warning: given Facebook's new plans to prioritize your friends and family's posts over news, sharing one of these might make you deeply influential. So think before you spread the gospel on Ball in the Family, or one of these other shows...
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Photo: Facebook (main); Variety (top) | | | | |
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