In in a bid to offer better recommendations of activities happening around the town, Facebook has launched human curated list of events.
Facebook already offers Events that allows users to create dedicated Facebook event pages for parties, festivals, and more, and sign up to attend those events. However, with Featured Events, Facebook wants to offer more personalized experience.
It will comprise of list of events including art, entertainment, family, festival, fitness, food & drink, learning, community, music, and sports events. The pages include all the relevant information, including the date and time the event will be taking place, and shows a list of those that will be attending. Facebook says that 550 million people use its events feature every month. “Highly engaged Events users” will receive push notifications when new events show up.
The feature is currently live in 10 cities in the US – Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Users in those cities should now see a Featured Events option at the top of the Events section.