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Changing a Facebook group setting from "secret" to "closed"
As of January 2016:
It seems that at some point recently, the Facebook article quoted by AlvaroFG was edited ("about a month ago") and now reports that the cut-off number is 5,000. If you still are ...
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How to update a file in a Facebook Group
This seems a little counter-intuitive, but you can add a revision to the original post.
Find the post where you added the file
Click the Upload Revision button
You'll get information on the file, ...
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Is it possible to backdate a Facebook post WITHOUT the little clock icon indicating that you've done so?
No, it is not possible to backdate a Facebook post without the little clock icon indicating that you've done so. That shows the edit history. That is Facebook feature which tell the audience what was ...
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Removing suggest this group to a specific friend
I don't see any direct way to remove a friend from suggestion list, But you can unfollow a friend (remain friends) to not get notification and to not see their name in suggestion list at top.
Note ...
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Synching Facebook group events -> Google Calendar -> public RSS or similar
I don't know that you need anything beyond Google Calendar.
To test, I created a calendar and added some events. Then I made it public.
Then I went to Calendar settings and chose the URL for the ...
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Automatic message when someone requests to join my group
The closest you have is the Ask Pending Member Questions feature in groups
It allows you to set questions that people who request to join need to answer:
If you're an admin, you can require people ...
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Search for posts by user in private Facebook Group
Use Facebook Graph Search
"Posts in GroupName by FirstNameLastName"
https://www.facebook.com/search/str/GROUP_ID/stories-in/USER_ID/stories-by/intersect
Replace GROUP_ID for the private group ID ...
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Turning off email notifications for individual group posts on Facebook
Unsubscribe directly from your email for which you don't want to be notify.
Suppose someone else replies to the post, you will get an email, unsubscribe that one.
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Do all members of a Facebook Group get notifications of ALL posts?
Yes. By default a group member get notifications for all the post. A group member can change this setting anytime.
How do I edit my notification settings for a group?
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How to reply to an email to add a comment on Facebook?
Facebook has removed email functionality back in mid of 2014.
Might be they have forget to remove this Reply to this email to add a comment. from email notification. You can Report a Problem to ...
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How to hide from my friends notifications about me joining some Facebook groups?
Change the privacy setting of your Activity Log to Only Me. It will hide your activities from your friends.
When you join a Close or Secret group, your friends who have already joined that group will ...
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Can you see all posts of a user posted in a particular group?
Did you try this?
How do I search for posts in a group?:
To search for posts in a group:
Go to a group and click Search this group in the top right
Enter names or keywords that ...
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How to allow only select few to post on Facebook Group I am Admin of?
From this thread on Facebook support page:
When you have post approval turned on, there is an option when somebody posts to always allow them to post (with out approval). Note once you give them that ...
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How can I search for Comments made to Posts I have made in Facebook Groups
Log in your account.
Go to your Profile.
There you can see an "View Activity Log" click on that.
There you can see your comments, likes, new added friends, pages liked, updated profile.
There you can ...
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How to get shared likes on the main page posts itself?
No, there is no way to do so. When you share a post from any account, or into any group, it is considered as a new post. So all the Likes, Comments are associated only to the shared posts. You cannot ...
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How can I activate 'Group Insights' on Facebook?
The Facebook automatically enables "Group Insight" feature as soon as you have 250 members on your community.
For further information check out this post on Facebook's documentation.
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How can I purge members of a competitor's Facebook group from my own?
What you can do is at least match the members in each group.
https://www.facebook.com/search/str/GROUP_ID_1/members/GROUP_ID_2/members/intersect
That should give who is in both groups
https://www....
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Does tagging a group on your timeline put that post on the group page?
No, tagging any group in your personal post will not put it on Group Timeline. It will on your Timeline. All associated Likes and Comments also will be only on your post.
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How to set groups "Recommended by the admins" in a Facebook group?
Click on "Link existing group" in the dropdown you posted a screenshot of above. When you link your group, it will show in the "Recommended by the Admins" section.
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How to keep Facebook group post from collapsing
You cannot, this is how Facebook has designed it as of now. For a long post it show continue reading...
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Does deleting your Facebook account delete your group posts?
Yes, once you delete your account, everything associated with your account will be deleted (your name, posts, likes, comments, game scores etc.).
Deactivating account temporarily removed everything ...
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How do I search for posts in a Facebook group?
Apparently you can't...since they moved the search window to the left, there aren't any options to search for words 'inside' the posts. So you can search the initial writing (if any) at the top, but ...
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What is the Facebook mail address of an account that only have an ID?
You can't find the real email address of the profile, until or unless profile owner haven't kept the profile visibility open to friends or you.
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Open Facebook group, but restrict user posting
Following are the settings you can change:
Set that all posts must be approved by the administrator.
Turn off commenting in the group you admin.
Once you set the approval for the posts, no one can ...
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Group request pre-approval questionnaire pop up
This is a beta feature that Facebook is applying on some groups. I manage more than 30 groups, of different sizes, and only one has received this feature. It's not even the largest, or the oldest, ...
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If I turn Notifications of Group Activity to OFF, do I still see comments on my posts?
I tested. The answer appears to be YES.
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Is there an activity log for Facebook group administrators?
If you tap 'more' (this has 3 dots above it) & then tap 'View Group info' & then tap 'Admin activity', a list of all activity including deletions & approvals should show up.
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Is there a way to add a pop up message that I can show to members who just joined my group in Facebook?
There is no option to show popup message to a user who joins the group. For any new feature you can request to Facebook.
Alternate option is (you may already know about this), you can post rules and ...
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Does Facebook automatically archive older posts in a group? How can I access these archived posts?
No, Facebook does not archive the posts but for your purposes they may as well be archived.
Facebook uses infinite paging. In order to see older posts you have to page down and down and down until ...
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How can I enable all possible Facebook notifications to be received by email?
From the Facebook Help Centre:
You can't turn off notifications entirely, but you can adjust what you're notified about and how you're notified.
Keep in mind that if the notification is ...
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