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Facebook Group experts will be able to host real-time question-and-answer sessions in a text-based format. 8h6x

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 14 July 2021 14:27 IST

Facebook Allows Group s to Designate ‘Experts’ for Their Communities

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Facebook will highlight experts in the groups with a ‘Group Expert’ badge next to their names

Highlights

Facebook has announced the addition of ‘experts’ to groups
s will be able to designate subject matter experts
Facebook’s move would help s focus more on addressing serious issues

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Facebook is updating groups on its platform with the ability to allow s to designate specific group as ‘experts.' These experts will have a particular ‘Group Expert' badge — just like how s and s normally have on Facebook groups — to make them stand out from regular . Apart from allowing s to pick subject matter experts from their groups, Facebook is enabling them to look for experts who are not yet but have expertise aligning with the group's interest.

As a result of the update, Facebook says that s of “select” groups will now be able to pick specific as experts who will, once accepted the new role, get the Group Expert badge next to their names in the group. This will make it easier for group to look for informative posts and comments from specific people.

It is important to note that becoming a group expert doesn't introduce any additional features or grant you any control of that group separate from other . However, Facebook notes that group experts will be provided with “ways to seek and share expertise beyond traditional posts and comments.” These will include the ability to host real-time question-and-answer sessions in a text-based format, create live audio rooms, and ask questions for group .

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Group s will also get the option to look for experts beyond the available in their groups. Facebook says that it has started to test the new option by giving some people in fitness and gaming the option to identify topics they're knowledgeable about, such as yoga or a specific game. Group s will be able to discover these people by searching for these specific topics on Facebook and invite them to as group experts.

Facebook is also introducing automatic invites to let people with expertise invite their “recently engaged Page followers” to the groups where they've added as group experts.

The new move by Facebook is aimed to make groups a better place for people sharing similar interests. The social media site already has more than 70 million s and s running active groups worldwide. Many of these groups have become a place to share knowledge and skills where subject matter experts could help to a large extent. The addition of experts would also give more time to group s to mitigate serious issues such as misinformation and hatred within their communities.

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