We love our Facebook Groups, and DON'T want to leave them, but must we be aware of every comment, post, and like someone adds to the group?!!! NO! Are you in a large group that dominates your newsfeed and you miss out on the happenings of your closest friends and family? Here's how to access your groups on your terms and only get notified on the ones you really want to know...
How to adjust notification settings for your Facebook groups
With my Young Living business, I am a moderator of some pretty terrific groups which are in place to offer support, share testimonials, recipes, DIY's, usage suggestions, provide science & research, post give-aways, incentives, prizes and the like. Our Facebook groups are incredibly valuable and inspiring for our members. However, with one example group now at almost 8000 participants, the notifications and postings showing up in the news-feed can be overwhelming to some Members.
After discovering that some people inadvertently removed himself from the group altogether while attempting to adjust this, I thought I would offer some guidance. You can apply this to any of your groups as well, that way you can maintain your membership but you have control over what you see.
In this example, I have my notification settings as "Friends Posts", so I only see notices from those in the group that I already have as FB friends. My hubby chose to have his notifications set as "Off" as he prefers to just go into the group when he wants to find something. If there is something in the group I really want him to see, I will also tag him as he will continue to be notified for those.
The FB default is for members to see ALL posts. If you just want to bring the activity down a bit, you can elect "highlights". Here's how to set this as you like on a mobile device.
1. When you open the FB app, tap more in the bottom right corner.
2. Scroll down and tap "Groups".
3. Select the group for which you want to make setting changes.
4. Tap the info button within the group menu Bar; right side.
5. Scroll and tap"Notification Settings".
6. Elect the option most appealing for you. You can always go back and change as long as you are STILL a member.
