[masonlee]

"Then you suddenly changed the way Posts are seen by people who have already followed a musician’s page to the net effect that an average post is seen by a tiny fraction of the people who have liked the musician."

As Facebook user and band-liker, I don't want to see every post from a band-- just the posts that are relevant to me.

I'd expect that Facebook's current post "boosting" mechanism should work excellently for self-managed, touring musicians: Make a post about a local show, then pay just a couple dollars to "boost" that post specifically to users who like your page and live in the area of the show. The UI for boosting and targeting posts is super easy already, and we should expect it will just keep getting better.

Is the author asking for automation of the posting/boosting for multiple tour dates?

[gopher2]

"As Facebook user and band-liker, I don't want to see every post from a band-- just the posts that are relevant to me."

I think the frustration with music lovers is that relevance isn't really determined by ad spend or what's promoted (I already determined a band was relevant to me by liking them) and it shouldn't be difficult or require extra "boosting" for bands to just have a follower receive each update they have.

I have a friend who is very into music and uses facebook because artists and their fans haven't agreed on some other music centered social app (yet).

He wants the exact opposite of what you described i.e. see ALL updates from all bands I follow in a feed.

His feeling is "Facebook sucks for music because I don't even see the posts from the artists that I follow". I tend to agree. If you are following some niche group or organization and you want to be certain that you receive updates... well facebook isn't good for that anymore. Who knows what you have been algorithmically disqualified from viewing?

[masonlee]

Yeah, getting the main feed right is a general issue for Facebook.

If someone really wants to know about a few bands in particular, liking some of their posts will cause more of their stuff to percolate up into the main feed. But they have to keep liking.

To see all posts from bands one can make an "Interest List" containing the bands. Posts from members of that list will show chronologically. But I don't think showing all posts is the solution to getting users the info they want.

What happens if a band page creates a Facebook event? Does the event get recommended to likers nearby the event? That could be an approach.

Author is probably correct in that Facebook needs clear guidance here.