Remember HQ Trivia — that live plot show you totally would have deliver the goods that one time if you had n’t gotten the well-situated interrogation wrong ? The app , and its “ quiz dada ” host Scott Rogowsky , seem to have inspire Facebook to try its hired man at trance viewer with live - streamed multiple alternative question , among other thingamajig .
Facebookannounceda solidification of tools today aimed at content God Almighty on the societal electronic connection , cock that will get audience members interact with shows , a affair everyone loves doing . All aboard the trivia train !
To date , Facebook Live videos have largely offer users a passive viewing experience . You mostly just posture there , keep an eye on , and occasionally hit the like push to show your accompaniment during the video ’s duration . But Facebook tell its Interactive Show Experiences will enable video creators and newspaper publisher to add up polls to video , as well as other elements such as multiple choice options , player voiding , and cash prizes . “ This will help a compass of formats come to lifetime , like a live trivia show where fans contend to see who love the most about a special topic or perhaps a verbatim competition between Godhead and their superfans on a subject of choice , ” wrote Facebook ina post account the new lineament .
It ’s well-fixed to suppose how HQ ’s habit-forming trivia app ( andits humble master of ceremonies ) might have inspired Facebook to establish these tools . Facebook isnot exactly shyabout copying its competitors , so launch a service to steal some of HQ Trivia ’s thaumaturgy would n’t be out of character for the party . Still , Facebook has yet to prove if multitude really want their feeds filled with old and new yield on the trivia show format .
Interested in starting your own trivia show about , I do n’t know , Nipponese robot animefrom the late 1970s ? You canrequest more informationabout Facebook ’s Interactive Show Experiences and hope the caller get back to you .
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