Hulu has given users the ability to comment on specific moments of videos and share those moments on Facebook.
This is hardly Hulu’s first integration with Facebook — the video site launched Hulu: Watch Now Fall Premieres apps in 2009. But now Hulu is actually asking users to sign in with Facebook Connect to make TV viewing more social. (If you sign in, you’ll also get one free month of Hulu Plus, courtesy of Bing.)
When you log in, you will be able to comment on a specific moment in a video and share those comments — and the video moment — on Facebook. We couldn’t manage to sign into Hulu via Facebook at this time (growing pains, we gather) so we weren’t able to test out this feature.
So far, we’ve seen this kind of in-the-moment commenting used on social video apps, like BlipSnips, and sound-sharing apps, like Soundcloud, but this level of social sharing when applied to a service like Hulu is novel.
The deeper integration with Facebook will also let you check out your friends’ favorite shows and chat with other users about programs you follow.
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