Add someone to your Facebook group’s community chat

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Community chats are chats created specifically for Facebook groups. Note that they are not available to all groups (example: commerce groups) or people at this time.
Anyone can add someone to a community chat. You can send an invite link to see all of a Facebook group’s community chats on Messenger, or to a specific chat. If someone is not a member of your private or public group, they will be prompted to join the group in the Facebook app before they can access the community chat. Keep in mind that group members can preview a community chat in their group and see its participants and content before joining the chat.
Note: Community chats are not available to everyone, which means that you may not be able to invite some people to community chats at this time.
You can also invite people to join a specific chat in your group’s list of community chats.

Add someone to a specific chat

From messenger.com on a computer
  1. From the left menu, click on a group to open it.
  2. Click on the specific chat you want to add someone to.
  3. Click Invite. From here, you can:
    • Click one of the suggestions under Suggested to add a group of people to the chat at once (example: you may see a suggestion to add all New members or all Facebook friends). To unselect someone from a suggested group, click their name.
    • Click a member’s name under Community members to choose someone individually.
    • Click the search bar to enter a member’s name, then click on their name to select them.
  4. Click Send.
From a chat, you can also click Copy link to copy an invite link to your device and send it to the person you want to add to the chat.
From facebook.com on a computer
  1. Go to facebook.com/groups and select your group.
  2. Select the chat on the left. If you're an admin, you might need to click Browse first.
  3. Click on the chat name, then click Invite. From here, you can:
    • Click one of the suggestions under Suggested to add a group of people to the chat at once (example: you may see a suggestion to add all New members or all Facebook friends). To unselect someone from a suggested group, click their name.
    • Click a member’s name under Community members to choose someone individually.
    • Click the search bar to enter a member’s name, then click on their name to select them.
  4. Click Send.
From a chat, you can also click Chat info from the right menu, then click Copy link to copy an invite link to your device and send it to the person you want to add to the chat.
Invited members will receive a notification to join the chat.
You can find more tips and examples from other admins on inviting and onboarding members in the Community Hub. Learn more about how to manage community chats as an admin.

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