{"id":1451,"date":"2020-11-30T06:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T06:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1329767"},"modified":"2020-11-30T06:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T06:17:11","slug":"spotifys-stories-should-feature-music-suggestions-not-artists-video-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=1451","title":{"rendered":"Spotify\u2019s Stories should feature music suggestions, not artists\u2019 video messages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you\u2019re not over Twitter\u2018s shaky Fleets rollout<\/a>, I have more \u201cStories\u201d news for you. After social networks ranging from Facebook to LinkedIn have adopted this format, music streaming giant Spotify is testing the waters with ephemeral images and videos feature.<\/p>\n

As Twitter user TmarTn<\/a> noted, if you search for the Christmas Hits playlist on Spotify\u2018s mobile app, you\u2019ll see the Stories feature pop up on the company\u2019s logo. As you can see in the clip below, currently, it\u2019s a collection of video messages from different artists.<\/p>\n

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Spotify has stories now\u2026.<\/p>\n

S P O T I F Y<\/p>\n

This has got to stop pic.twitter.com\/xsurbrJblx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TmarTn (@TmarTn) November 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is not the first time Spotify is experimenting with this format. Last year, it gave access to some artists<\/a> to share insights into their music-making process through stories.<\/p>\n

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I think Stories on Spotify isn\u2019t a bad idea. But I\u2019m just not interested in watching video messages from artists there; I could catch those on Instagram. But if I could look at song recommendations from folks I follow on Spotify and tune in directly within the app, I\u2019d use the hell out of the Stories feature.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be clear, I am not suggesting Spotify Stories should be available to everyone in the current format. I don\u2019t want to see videos of people on a music streaming platform. Just let me see music recommendations \u2014 both from artists and my friends.<\/p>\n

The company already allows you to share a song on other social networks such as Snapchat and Instagram. If Spotify could also leverage its 300 million+ user base to create connections between them and fuel more organic music discovery, that could keep people glued to the app for longer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, it\u2019s possible to follow your friends and artists on Spotify. But you can only look at what they\u2019re listening to on its desktop app. The Stories format can fill that lack of deep social connections on the platform in a meaningful way. Spotify, if you\u2019re interested in this idea, have your people call my people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Published November 30, 2020 \u2014 06:17 UTC <\/p>\n

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