Create a Messenger community

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Creating a new community on Messenger is not available to everyone or on all platforms at this time.
You can create chat-based communities for up to 5,000 members on Messenger to plan events, find support and share information with others in one place. Messenger communities are managed by community admins, and can be found and joined by anyone on Messenger. They are not Facebook groups and do not include the same features as Facebook groups.
Remember that communities are visible to and may be shown as suggestions to anyone on Messenger, but only members can see who’s in them and content sent. Learn more about privacy and safety of communities on Messenger.
You can create a new community from the left menu on Messenger, or you can create a community from an existing group chat. If you create the community, you are automatically the admin of the community.

Create a new community on Messenger

  1. From the Messenger mobile app, tap Menu.
  2. Tap Communities. If it’s your first time using this feature, you may have to tap Get started.
  3. Choose a category that describes your community.
  4. Add an image, name and description for your community. You can also tap Toggle next to Require approval to join if you want to manage approvals for each new member.
  5. Tap Preview.
  6. Choose any chats you want to add to your community, then tap Create community.
  7. Tap the names of people you want to invite to your community. You can also invite people by sharing a QR code or link.
Members can leave a community at any time by tapping Information, then Leave community.

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