Meta has quietly launched Communities on Fb Messenger, following the rollout of Communities in WhatsApp in 2022. With the brand new function, you may join with others instantly on Messenger – the brand new Communities shouldn’t be tied to a Fb Group.
We make that distinction clear in order to not confuse this new function with Group Chats, which launched in Messenger in 2022 as a method for individuals to attach with different members of Fb Teams.
So this isn’t that. Communities allow you to create devoted areas for real-time communication in Messenger independently of any Fb Teams, and all members of a Group can see all chat content material.
Every Group contains a devoted Residence area the place admins can share updates and bulletins, and as much as 5,000 individuals can be a part of a Group via shareable invitations. Every Group can have a number of group chats on varied matters.
Whereas this function works similarly to the one of many similar identify present in WhatsApp, the important thing distinction is that the Messenger Communities are related to Fb’s social graph – you may invite individuals to a Group simply primarily based on their Fb profile, you needn’t have their telephone quantity like in WhatsApp.
Communities on Messenger is now rolling out to all customers globally.