Facebook Group Updates You Need to Know in 2021
With its transition to Meta, Facebook is bringing new and interactive changes in its services and facilities. As the company mainly lays a very strong focus on the users and community building, in the recent updates, Facebook has laid a great emphasis on launching new “Public groups”. This will help in building a diverse yet healthy community and make the groups safe and better place for conversation.
The new Changes in the Group policies will include:
1. Better reach over time:
As the groups are turning out to be public, it will allow the users to have the better reach within the group and participate in discussions more easily on a shared post or query. In the recent upgrade, user or group members will be able to get the regular updates even after they are logged out of their account.
2. Instant join of the members
People can now become members of the groups without the need of approval, on a single click. This allows the users to stay connected with the communities and people they want to interact and join. However, admins still have the rights to keep a check on the members and decide who is liable to post and comment within the Group.
3. Offering new user experience
In the coming time, as the changes will be rolled out based on the experiences, you will see a greater switch in the user experience within the group. Kindly note that once the switch in the user experience is been made, there will be no going back to the older version. So the admins and members are required to opt it ASAP.
4. No messenger rooms and chats
The new update will remove all sort of specific chat or messenger rooms within the group to allow a better and interactive communication. Besides, new rooms will also not be created within the group.
Suites of various tools for admins to manage the group
Facebook will also be offering certain new tools to the admins to keep a better check on the post and comments of the members joining the new Public Group. Tools like Participant approval and admin assist will help you to moderate and manage the tasks in better way. It will help the admins to save time and reduce the manual dependency on keeping a check on posts pending for approval.
- The admins will be able to limit the number of participants as well as the number of posts based on the active status of the members. Posts will be automatically declined if a user don’t have a profile picture or other factors.
- Posts can be restricted based on the specific contents automatically. You can limit the content by restricting certain keywords or links
- If the participant approval is on, post by that member will be automatically approved on meeting the set criteria.
- Admin will be able to add new criteria and can refine it as per the need and requirement of the groups. You can also specify and set the criteria’s to get the type of posts you want to get approved and visible within the Public Group.
- If a member or visitor does not meet the set criteria of the group or does not follow the rules and regulations set within the group, the admin can block or mute them.
- You can also remind people and make them aware about group rules by tagging them within the post or comments, related to the rules and regulations of your group along with pinning it. It will help you to moderate the group in a better way.
- The new group update by Facebook will also offer an Extended Group insight will allow the admins and moderators to keep a proper check on growth and level of interaction within the group. You will also be able to keep a check on the number of contributions made by a member or visitor within the group.
With all this measures and new updates rolled out by Facebook, it is greatly deemed to be a good rise in the user experience. The level and process of interaction or community based conversation will help in bringing new user experience. It will also help in making the groups more interactive, useful and safe for the members and visitors.
