DISQUS

jamie1984 · 1 year ago

i sure a person who got 5001+ virtual friends will be hoping that both grows.

in theory messaging of groups should be allowed but have to register there intent

stuff that likely will be large - electoral, facebook/ social networking topics or online protests, other common protests (UK fuel), ISP Phorm, UK Speed (broadband speed) amongst others like Get rid of ... Mugabe/ bush/ Blair/ labour (UK Party)/ Republican Administration/government, introduce... colour/backgrounds/ music (to facebook), remove xyz feature etc petition. University/ College communications (e.g. for events graduation, balls/ proms, events) and fanbases

However if they are not likely the above groups then likely the 'make me popular' or 'seaweed eaters in Antarctica' - should not be given the unlimited or high privileges along with get as many as possible in here groups

Kevin Bondelli · 1 year ago

I think that the group message restriction has been very relevant to people that do political organizing on Facebook. Coming from the background of online organizing for youth political groups, there are groups that have more than 1,000 members (especially national orgs) that will benefit from the increase.

Since Facebook groups are opt-in and very easy to leave, I don't really see there being too much of a problem with potential spam. If people begin to get unwanted messages from a group they have joined they will leave. The limit, however, prevents people that have opted-in to receiving communications from an organization from getting messages, which definitely decreases the efficacy of the Facebook group for organizing. A group with 999 people was more valuable in reality than one with 1,000 or more.

It's good to see that the number has been increased and more organizations will be able to take advantage of all the value of a Facebook group.

Scott Bradley · 1 year ago

Finally a break to people who have large groups! This is the best news for the day! Woo Hoo!

Shane Harder · 1 year ago

I have a successful Real Estate group with over 10,000 members. I cannot effectually communicate with my members.

So my only solution is to cap it off at 10,000 and start new off spring groups, capping them off at 5,000 a pice.

Question:

Are there any known restrictions on creating two or three groups with the same content in the same category?