If you’re connected to a Facebook group or you run a group on Facebook there are exciting things in store for you! Facebook recently updated the capabilities of groups. Normally you would have to surf through your info tab to get to the groups you’ve joined but soon enough you will see it debut on your home page. Group pages will transform themselves into more of a Facebook Page, somewhat like your profile page. As of now you’re unable to see the group updates unless you travel to the actual group page.
One of the additions to the revamp is being able to see what users post on the group page from your home page. So you think to yourself, “Wait, I don’t want to see thousands of stranger’s updates”. Ah, behold, Facebook already thought about that inconvenience. Knot Pipatsrisawat, a software engineer intern at Facebook, said in a post on the company’s blog “To ensure that you get the most interesting and relevant content from groups you’ve joined, you only will see stories when one of your friends posts within a group rather than when all members post.” Thank you Pipatsrisawat, we get enough email spam from strangers somewhere out there already. Who wants to have an overloaded Facebook home page with stranger’s opinions on top of that? Thumbs up Facebook!
Other additions include being able to comment back on the updates directly from your home page and there are some publisher pluses too. Publishers will be given a feature which allows members to share their content. They will be adding in a wall, just as you currently have on your profile page. The wall will sum up all the recent activities of people within the group.
Facebook is currently testing this new layout with a few select groups and should be available to all groups within days. Hooray for updated options! There’s always room for improvement.
