When Mark Zuckerburg stood up seven months ago and promised nice new shiny toys for Facebook groups people paid attention.
One of the biggest shiniest toys is about to drop and its worth being on your radar
You probably know you can have two basic types of Facebook groups. Closed and open.
You have to be a member of a closed groups to see what people are talking about and be able to post in them yourself. Eighty per cent of community groups are closed,
Then you’ve got open groups where anyone can see what’s being debated.
As part of the change, groups that are open will allow people aren’t members of the group to comment and take part. How will they find them? You’ll see in your own timeline content from groups you aren’t a member of.
How?
Because the algorithm will point things your way based on the things you talk about and like.
So, if you talk about the Boothen End at Stoke City there’s a chance you’ll see something from an open Stoke City Facebook group where people are talking about how great the Boothen End was.
This video explains it…
You may have heard me banging on about the importance of local community Facebook groups.
Giving open Facebook groups even more reach makes them even more influential in the community. It makes them even more attractive places to post content.
That’s important.