Forum is a dedicated iPhone app that brings Facebook Groups into a separate experience. After logging in with a Facebook account, it pulls in groups the user belongs to and shows a feed containing posts from those groups, plus suggestions from additional groups. Users can view a mini profile focused on group posts, browse new groups, and post directly to specific groups. An AI chatbot is available under an “Ask” tab, providing AI-generated responses based on posts across multiple Facebook groups. Responses include references to the specific posts used, which can be tapped to open the full conversation. Forum launched publicly as part of testing new products for usefulness across Meta apps.
"Forum users can view, search for, and post advice directly in their Facebook groups, with optional help from Meta's AI. Rather than going to ChatGPT or tacking “Reddit” onto the end of a Google search, Forum brings group content into a dedicated iPhone experience. The app pulls in groups a user is part of and populates a feed with posts from those groups, plus suggestions from groups the user isn’t part of, similar to a Reddit-style feed."
"Aside from the feed, you can also view a mini version of your Facebook profile that just shows your group posts, browse new groups, and post directly to specific groups. Groups aren't front-and-center in Facebook, so some groups may appear that users had forgotten about. The app also supports searching and viewing group content in a more focused way than the main Facebook experience."
"Forum's AI chatbot lives under the “Ask” tab, where you can get AI-generated responses pulling from posts to various Facebook groups, similar to the way Google's search results and AI overviews pull from the Reddit content it licenses and other sources on the internet. To try it out, questions can be answered using group posts, and the results include the posts the AI references, so you can tap them to view the full conversation around those posts."
"Meta communications manager Feryal Hemamda confirmed Forum's launch in a statement: “We test lots of new products publicly to see what people find interesting and useful to their experiences across our apps.” The launch frames Forum as an experiment aimed at improving how people experience Meta services, including group-based advice and AI assistance."
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