I am a musician and we HAVE TO follow the trends to get shows. Used to be a bunch of tools, (I.E. myspace/reverb nation/bookyourownfuckinglife...) but now facebook seems to have dominated DIY events and concerts. Groups help with people to share shows and I'm not really aware of another tool that the majority of people will use to get shows booked in my community.
Even if another tool exists how would I sway people away from FB and to a new tool?
I like going to see small bands, and it's easiest to find them using Facebook.
I "follow" two local promoters and a couple of venues, with the setting to show their events at the top of my timeline.
Friends share events they're going to, and Facebook's algorithm shares them too.
I used to use Last.FM, but stopped checking it once everything seemed to be on Facebook anyway. I still use it if I'm travelling to another city.
I used to get a printed flyer from the promoter when I went to a gig, but they have mostly stopped printing them.
I'd prefer not to have to check 10 promoter/venue websites, magazines or whatever. They probably don't have RSS, and are usually less-complete than Facebook.
ditto here...musician and you basically have to be on facebook. Fans don't check every band & venue website calendars. It would have be great if average folk figured out RSS.
Even if another tool exists how would I sway people away from FB and to a new tool?