NEWS Flash: The End Is Near For Previous Facebook Groups

Facebook will begin archiving all groups created using the older format, in a push to catch everyone onto the newer story of the feature.

The following message appears at the peak of the group page as seen by the owner of it:

Above the next few months, Facebook will be archiving all groups created using the old groups format. stirring ahead, you can create groups using the new groups format, which makes it simple to share with the important groups in your life.

Facebook offers pretty thorough guidance about the forthcoming archiving and upgrades in the site’s help section, fleshed out in three diverse questions.

The site explains that old groups that get archived will automatically also become accessible in the new group format. Most of the associated content will stay available in the upgraded version, with some notable exceptions.

The things that won’t create it over are:

·         current news

·         Group officer titles

·         The information  box below the old group picture

·         The group system

·         The members of your old group.

Yup, you’ll have to redo your membership list in the new group if you wait for Facebook to do the archive and upgrade for you. The Latest  version will include:

·         Group photos and wall posts

·         Group chat threads, which become wall posts

·         The group explanation, which can be found at the top of the facebook fan page when you click “see all” members in the new group

Facebook recommends that keep backups of their group content before the archiving. Plus, the site wants all businesses using groups to support themselves to switch to pages instead.

At few point, a link saying “upgrade this group” will emerge at the top of the owner’s admin screen — only for old groups, of course. Ones created in the new format won’t go through some of this.

For now, the messages that readers have said they are considering comes as a friendly early alert, which we appreciate. Putting the word out early seems like a wise move, based on how public reacted to fresh upgrades of profiles and pages.