Meta applications are undergoing changes. As the company tries to promote deals (content from unfollowed accounts) and videos (TikTok-inspired video format) more prominently on Facebook and Instagram, Facebook groups and messaging services are growing, providing new features inspired by Slack and Discord. . Meta previously announced updates to the WhatsApp app and Facebook Groups to give them new features to better organize discussions with an interface very similar to those found on Slack or Discord. And soon group chats in Messenger will get the same treatment.
To son In turn, Facebook Messenger is acquiring functions a la Discord
This was reported by Mark Zuckerberg, who showed off a new feature called Community Chats. son facebook profile. In a blog post, the Messenger team explains that Meta will start testing this new feature in Messenger in a few weeks. According to Messenger, this new experience will combine Facebook Groups and Messenger Groups. “Admins can now start a conversation on a topic and get replies in a moment, instead of waiting for people to comment on a post,” the announcement explains. “And instead of browsing multiple topics in a single Messenger group chat, the person creating a community chat can organize the chats into categories so that group members can easily find what interests them most. For example, a group fans A band might have a Breaking News category with dedicated chats for new album releases, tour dates, and band activities. » © Meta In addition to classic Messenger discussions, admins of these community chats will also be able to create dedicated event channels, broadcast channels where only admins can broadcast (and the rest are content to read the information), or even more private groups where admins and moderators can collaborate. © Meta
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And because these community chats can accommodate more participants, Meta has also developed more powerful moderation tools for admins, including Admin Assist. This feature allows administrators to set up a group to automatically remove members or content based on certain criteria. The ability to better organize discussions (compared to simple group messages) and moderation tools have made Slack and Discord a success. If the former is aimed at the professional world, then second highly regarded by the gaming communities. We can assume that with son approach, Meta will target the audience of these two applications. At the moment, on it is unclear when these trials will end.
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