Social networking is hard work. Sometimes the neverending cycle of liking, tagging and hashtagging feels harder than your actual job. You find yourself wondering: when did all this stop being fun?
Well, maybe you’re doing it wrong. Perhaps you’re listening to the wrong soundtrack while you make your virtual connection. Perhaps music is the answer.
One could argue that a prospective friend’s musical tastes are of upmost importance. With Spotify, you can built a solid Broship on mutual favorites.
See someone in your area listening to your favorite band? Boom! Instant connection. See someone listening to “Mambo No. 5″‘over and over again? You’re going to want to get to the bottom of that–and fast.
Think of Spotify as Instagram for your ears. Instead of sepia-toned shots of lunch, your friends’ feeds serve as an audio snapshot. And here, Throwback Thursday means copious amounts of Gin Blossoms and Ja Rule.
Think of it as Facebook for your ears. Only here, you won’t have to sift through dozens of quizzes aimed at discovering which 80s sitcom character’s personality is most like yours.
Think of it as Twitter for your ears. You can see what type of jams are tending without the irritating hashtags.
You can search out and decide who to follow, along the way discovering artist you otherwise would have never heard about. You can solidify yourself as a tastemaker in the virtual musical world.
Really, the world is your oyster, and Spotify is there to ensure you grab it by the reins and steer in an awesome direction.
The future of social networking has a new sound, and it’s quite pleasing.