Welcome new members to a Facebook group that you manage

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Group admins can welcome new members to their Facebook group with:
  • New member intro, which is a message from the admins that automatically appears to new members when they visit the group for the first time after joining. The intro can also include the group rules and/or a prompt encouraging new members to post.
  • Welcome post, which is a post that welcomes the new members and appears to everyone in the group. The prompt to create a welcome post will only be available if new members have joined in the past seven days.
Set up new member intro
Admins can turn on, turn off or edit the new member intro at any time.
  1. Go to facebook.com/groups and select your group.
  2. Select Group settings on the left. You might have to click Manage first.
  3. Click see more next to New member intro.
    • To turn it on: Click Get started, then write an intro message and choose whether to include the group rules. Click Publish.
    • To turn it off: Click next to Show intro message to turn it off. Alternatively, click Edit message, then Delete intro message.
    • To edit: Click Edit message, make your changes, then click Update intro.
Set up welcome post
  1. Go to facebook.com/groups and select your group.
  2. Click Members (for private groups) or People (for public groups) at the top of the group. You might need to select More first.
  3. Click Write welcome post on the right.
  4. Customise the message and click Post.
The prompt to create a welcome post will only be available if new members have joined in the past seven days.
Alternatively, use Admin Assist to automatically create a regular welcome post:
  1. Follow these instructions to go to Admin Assist.
  2. Scroll down and click Add next to Publish a welcome post.
  3. Follow the prompts.
The post will be created at the rate the admin chooses (e.g. weekly). 24 hours before it's been published, it will appear in Scheduled posts, where the admin who set it up can view, edit or delete it. If other admins want to edit the post, they have to delete it from Admin Assist then re-add it.
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