Fb’s including one other music sharing choice, with customers now in a position so as to add music, in addition to new themed backgrounds for chosen artists, to your Fb posts.
As you may see on this instance, now you can add a music observe to accompany your textual content put up, which is able to let your Fb connections instantly hearken to the tune in-stream.
Which positive is one thing, however whether or not that’s a great or dangerous one thing, I don’t know.
As defined by Fb:
“Music has at all times been one thing that brings folks collectively, and because the very starting Fb has been about showcasing what you’re into and connecting you with your mates. And now, Fb is making it simpler than ever so as to add music to your Feed posts for extra methods to precise your self and create enjoyable, partaking content material to share with others.”
It takes me again to the times of MySpace, when opening a MySpace profile would additionally activate that customers’ favourite tune. Which was an expertise, for positive, however whether or not you really need that on Fb is one other query totally.
The audio from these posts can be energetic if in case you have audio switched on, so it gained’t override your exiting audio settings. However in the event you do have sound activated, you’re now going to get random tracks accompanying textual content posts within the app.
Along with this, Fb’s additionally trying to enhance its suggestions to function extra musicians, which will even embody extra related music suggestions for these posts.
Fb has tried out numerous methods to higher combine music into the consumer expertise through the years, together with songs on profiles, and music in feedback.
Most of those options have been short-lived, however with music taking part in a key position in engagement for different apps, Fb appears decided to search out extra methods to combine songs straight into the Fb course of.
So now, you may add a tune to your Fb put up, for added audio context.
Will that be an enormous factor? I doubt it, but it surely’s one other experiment. Principally, Fb appears to be throwing music-based capabilities at a wall (your wall, because it have been, utilizing old-school Fb terminology) and seeing if something sticks.
