Though small, this particular feature is an admission that building a healthy online community means sometimes people shouldn’t be able to immediately react and comment with whatever thought first popped into their head.Īdditionally, Facebook is testing tools that allow admins to temporarily limit activity from certain group members.

That’s where today’s new set of features come in.Ī new dashboard called Admin Home will centralize admin tools, settings and features in one place, as well as present “pro tips” that suggest other helpful tools tailored to the group’s needs.įacebook, however, has largely embraced engagement on its platform, even when it’s not leading to positive interactions or experiences. Of course, the company’s preference would be to keep groups running and growing by making them easier to operate. As a result, many admins give up the job and leave groups to run somewhat unmanaged - thus allowing them to turn into breeding grounds for misinformation, spam and abuse.įacebook last fall tried to address this problem by rolling out new group policies to crack down on groups without an active admin, among other things. The company for years has been working to roll out better tools for these group owners, who often get overwhelmed by the administrative responsibilities that come with running an online community at scale. Today, there are “tens of millions” of groups, that are managed by over 70 million active admins and moderators worldwide, Facebook says. Another lets the admin slow down the pace of a heated conversation, by limiting how often group members can post.įacebook Groups are today a significant reason why people continue to use the social network. Among the more interesting new tools is a machine-learning-powered feature that alerts admins to potentially unhealthy conversations taking place in their group. Facebook today introduced a new set of tools aimed at helping Facebook Group administrators get a better handle on their online communities and, potentially, help keep conversations from going off the rails.

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