The new look Facebook is rolling out and with it comes some changes to Facebook Pages etc for business
Today we explored the New Look Facebook, what has changed, where to find things you might be missing and some things that could be confusing.
Facebook has:
- 1.66 billion daily active users
- 4.75 billion pieces of content shares – daily
- 300+ million photo uploads – daily
- 510,000 comments – every 60 seconds
- 293,000 statuses – every 60 seconds
* Stats from Social Media Today
And with that user base and move out of new tech we are likely to hit some glitches along the way.
What’s New:
- Cleaner look
- Dark Mode for Less Glare
- Messenger is now called chats on Mobile
- Hashtags
- New Page Follow Settings Give Users More Control (being tested)
- Paid Online Events
- Online Events
- New Facebook Shops Rolling Out
Spaces we will explore:
The Facebook Newsfeed: https://www.facebook.com
Business Manager https://business.facebook.com/
Creator Studio: https://business.facebook.com/creatorstudio/
What we will do:
- Create a Post
- Create an Event
- Visit a Group
- Visit the page Settings
- Visit Insights
- Visit the Shop Settings
Glitches we know of:
The Shops Tab is not showing on pages but you can access this by adding /shop
Adding Apps to Groups seems to be glitchy
Tagging is out of sync as with all new updates
Inviting people to groups the either need to like your page or you use your personal profile
Polls have been disappearing on pages and then coming back
