Whether you’re looking for parenting tips or the best new restaurants in your neighborhood, Facebook Groups is useful for finding virtual communities around various topics.<\/p>\n
Now\u00a0Facebook is testing a dedicated “Discover” feature within the Groups section, making it easier to join conversations.<\/p>\n
A new tab will let you\u00a0<\/i>browse public and closed Facebook Groups by category, including Groups your friends are in and local Groups. You can see what’s gaining traction in your circle, and in your city.<\/p>\n
As a randomly-selected Facebook user in the test group, I can confirm the Discover feature is easy and intuitive to use. Indeed, it’s a surprise it’s taken this long to roll out something like this.<\/p>\n
But the effort makes sense: it’s not unlike Twitter and Instagram’s new discovery efforts.<\/p>\n
Discover offers 25 different categories such as parenting, sports, food, buy & sell, networking, animals & pets, hobby & leisure, support & comfort and travel. Each topic page highlights the top suggested Groups based on popularity and who you may already know that’s a member.<\/p>\n
Previously, you’d have to type keywords into the search bar to find related Groups or wait until you were invited to join one by a friend.<\/p>\n
While only a select group of people have the feature right now, Facebook told Mashable<\/i>\u00a0it will roll out more broadly in the near future.<\/p>\n
Beyond Facebook’s news feed, Groups is the most-used feature within the app. About one billion people use Groups each month.<\/p>\n
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Source: Mashable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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