Meta has launched a new "Communities" feature on Messenger, allowing users to create dedicated spaces for real-time communication on various topics with up to 5,000 members.
Users can join communities via app invitations from admins, regardless of Facebook group membership.
The feature includes a "Home" area for admins to share updates and announcements.
Conversations within these communities are public and visible to future members, making them more suitable for open discussions, events, alerts, and topics compared to Facebook Groups.
The privacy settings differ from personal conversations, following community chat rules similar to Facebook groups.
The feature aims to expand Messenger's functionality, differentiate it from other messaging services, and add a broader social networking aspect outside of Facebook by leveraging Facebook's existing social graph for easier invitations and connections.
While the feature has been confirmed by Meta, there has been no official announcement yet, and it is not available to everyone or on all platforms. The rollout is global, but the availability may vary.
Sources: The Verge, TechCrunch, Yahoo Finance, Livemint.com, techgear.gr, Digital Information World, GSM Arena, newsbytesapp.com
This article was written in collaboration with Generative AI news company Alchemiq.
