Community Chats are only accessible to members of a group. For example, the admin of a Facebook Group for chemistry students could create audio channels for study groups during finals season, and participants can turn on video for live tutoring. Participants also have the option to enable video once they’re in the audio channel. Admins can also create audio channels so group members can share live commentary or receive real-time support. They can start a chat for group members around a specific topic, an event chat for an outing or meetup, a view-only broadcast chat for admins to announce group-wide updates and an admin-only chat to collaborate with admins and moderators. For example, a band’s fan group could have a “Breaking News” category with chats dedicated to new album drops, tour dates and group activities.Ĭheck out how Vanessa Yaeger, admin of the Women Who Surf Facebook Group, uses Community Chats to bring her members together in real time for a spontaneous IRL meetup.Īdmins can choose from several options to help their communities connect.

And, rather than navigating multiple topics in a single Messenger group chat, the person who creates the Community Chat can organize chats into categories so group members can easily find what’s most interesting to them.

Admins can now start a conversation about a topic and get in-the-moment responses instead of waiting for people to comment on a post.

The experience seamlessly blends Messenger and Facebook Groups to allow people to connect when, where and how they want. We’ll also be expanding Community Chats to even more Facebook Groups.Ĭommunity Chats let people connect more deeply with communities in real time around the topics they care about in multiple formats, including text, audio and video. Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced we’ll begin testing the ability for people to start Community Chats in Messenger in the coming weeks, allowing people to create a Facebook Group, start chats and audio channels, and invite others to join their new group all within the app. We’ve helped more than a billion people connect with loved ones in a trusted space on Messenger, and we know that people want to engage in real time with larger communities over shared interests.

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