Must Know Facebook Group Changes 2019

Facebook came out with an update in January 2019 of some changes with Facebook Groups. I actually think this is a great change! I wish they had done this sooner. 

I have been put into so many groups that I never even knew I was put in. I always stressed not to add people to groups without their permission.

NOTE: They are NOT just randomly removing inactive members!!! That is a rumor going around on Facebook. See more below.

Here’s the Must Know Facebook Group Changes 2019 update from Facebook:

We’re making some updates to how members are invited to your group, and we wanted to share these changes with you. To help ensure people join Facebook Groups that are relevant and meaningful to them, you’ll see the following changes:

• Updated Group Invitation — Now, when people are invited to a group, they can accept or decline the invite. Before, people could be added to groups by friends who thought they might be interested in them, and they’d immediately become a member. Some people may have been added to your group, but have never visited it.
• Invited Section — In the next few weeks, people who’ve been added to your group — but have never visited it — will appear in the Invited section of your Members list, which only admins and moderators can view. They won’t be considered a member until they accept their invite. This means they will no longer be included in your group’s total member count, so you may see a decrease in your group’s total member count.
• Reminder Notification — Because you’re an admin, in the next few weeks you’ll be able to send one notification to invited people to remind them to accept or decline the invite to your group.

Thank you for being a community leader.

Thanks,
The Facebook Groups Team

Let’s break this down further. 

This part: Reminder Notification

Before you remove anyone, you do have the opportunity to invite them again. This is great!

Invite once more.

Maybe they missed the invite or maybe they completely forgot about your group. This is great for re-engaging past people that you thought were great for your group in the first place.

This Part: Invited Section

This is a great time to clean up your group. If someone has never visited, it is probably time to remove them. But, try another invite first, as suggested above. Why have people in your group that are not going to engage? I see this as a good thing!

Here is a screenshot of what this will look like. Mari Smith shared this on Facebook, but I have not seen in my groups yet. 

Bottom line, this will be better for future use of groups and it will help you clean up your groups and re-engage inactive group members. I think it is a WIN overall! 

If you run a group or groups on Facebook, this is must know Facebook group changes for 2019.