The idea is actually similar to the Google+ Events that’s already part of the search giant’s social network. This feature was created during a company endorsed hackathon that allows employees to set aside their normal work and dream up new features and put them to the test. It’s a desktop-only feature for the moment, but considering the pace at which Facebook adds things to its mobile apps - Voice Messaging for example, I’d expect it on mobile soon. This new feature is fun to use and it allows a new level of interaction with friends. This is a good way to ensure that everyone who wants to share photos from an event can. When your friends access the album, they’ll see an Add Contributors button on the top left side of it, allowing them to add some of their friends too. The photos they add to the shared album will show up in their timeline too. Your friends will get a notification about being added as a Contributor to the album, and a message that they can add photos to the album. These settings are not set in stone – you can always click the Edit button of the album and change them later. It can be viewed by Contributors Only, Friends of Contributors, or set as Public. You can also decide whether contributors will be able to add their friends as contributors.Īfter that, select the privacy settings for the shared album. Once you click that button, you will be able to search for the friends you want to add to the album by name. The new thing is that albums now have a “Make Shared Album” button at the top left side. Using Facebook Shared Photo Albumsįirst, you create a Facebook photo album, the same way you always have. Up to 50 contributors can be added to an album, with each one of them able to add up to 200 photos. Contributors can add photos, tag them, and also add other contributors to the album - but only if you allow it. Contributors can only delete and edit photos they’ve uploaded themselves. You can always add and remove contributors (your friends) from the album. For example, a group of friends that went to a party could use it to upload all of the photos from the event in the same album, making them easier to view and share.Īs an owner of the shared photo album, you have complete administrative control. The new feature could be useful in a lot of situations.

Move shared album to my albums