How to block part or all of Spotify in Facebook

How to block Spotify in your news stream

Written by Mike Mueller in Facebook on September 28, 2011

One of the new cool things about the new facebook is the real time sharing of music. There’s a number of different apps out there but it seems the #1 in use is Spotify. I have a beta account, I like it but new people who sign up with it are also required to attach it to their profile. That also means that when they listen to songs they’ll also be broadcasting to their newsfeed. It’s a vicious (or smart) cycle, eh? Some people might have a little issue with that.

Like it or dislike it – you can easily hide or block the App in your newsfeed from just a single person or everyone. Easy to do.

Why would I want to block just a single person’s music?

If you know me, I’m a kilt wearin’ bagpipe lover 24 hrs a day. There’s nothing sweeter than starting the day with a little “Scotland the Brave” turned all the way up to 11.

But, you might be more apt to be listening the latest Rebecca Black song.

And while that’s ok, I might not enjoy your choice in music as much as you do.

And then there’s my clients – who are also friends on Facebook. Most of my clients also LOVE the Pipes so no problem there. Do they like your music? Does your music choice reflect negatively on me? We tell our kids all the time that people will judge you by the kids you hang out with.

That’s why although I might respect your choice in music, I also value your friendship, but I’m blocking your music. Thanks Facebook!

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Mike builds the custom Apps that create the Tabs that make Custom Facebook Pages special. He builds Discount WordPress Blogs and shoots commercial high def video. He's an avid hockey fan, rides a motorcycle (a really fast one), loves strong beer and good red wine.

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http://www.phacient.com Patrick Healy

It does suck though that you need to share it if you listen to someone’s stuff (Tony’s post from the beginning). This mandatory sharing is really starting to turn me off.

I’m glad they give you the option to just block music and video from that person in addition to the app as a whole. It would only be better if you could choose to block spotify from a particular person. A boy can dream….

Here’s a cool tool that I have been using for a while. It’s called BetterFacebook (http://betterfacebook.net/). It’s a little wonky since he most recent release but it will surely be corrected. It has really helped me to split up all of the different sources of posts (sporify is one of them) and keep my main stream clean. I probably would have left facebook a while ago if it weren’t for this.
http://www.phacient.com Patrick Healy

BTW, your tartan is substantially similar to mine. We need to bust those out for #REBCNY together I think. What do you say? Could we indeed start a kilty movement this winter????