Meta launches Reddit-style Forum app for Facebook users
Meta has quietly rolled out a new Reddit-style app for Facebook Groups called Forum, which it describes as a space “built for deeper discussions, real answers, and the communities you care about.”
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Meta has quietly rolled out a new Reddit-style app for Facebook Groups called Forum, which it describes as a space “built for deeper discussions, real answers, and the communities you care about.”
The app was spotted by Geekout Newsletter's Matt Navarra, who called it “very Reddit-coded.”
According to the app’s App Store description, users can sign into Forum with their Facebook account. Forum will then load your groups, profile, and activity, allowing you to post with your nickname.
Meta says that your groups still exist on Facebook, and anything you share on Forum will be visible there, as well.
Your feed will be centered around “conversations from groups” so that users can “see what real people are saying, not just what’s trending”.
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Users will also be able to use one of Forum’s AI features, Ask, which pulls responses from across groups to answer a user's questions, making information easier to find.
The app also boasts an admin AI assistant, which helps admins manage groups and moderate content. Admins will also retain access to all their tools on Facebook.
Navarra said that Meta “increasingly sees communities and niche discussions as more valuable than the public social feed.”
Meta told Engadget that the app is still undergoing testing: "We test lots of new products publicly to see what people find interesting and useful to their experiences across our apps.”
This is not Meta’s first attempt at a standalone groups-focused app: in 2014, the company rolled out the Facebook Groups app, helping people navigate their groups and share content, before shutting it down in 2017.
Meta has also spent several years experimenting with standalone and community-focused projects. But between 2020 and 2022, the company scrapped several of them, including its TikTok competitor Lasso, its Nextdoor clone Neighborhoods, and its college-focused Facebook section Campus.
In 2025, Meta launched a Meta AI app to rival ChatGPT, continuing to integrate the assistant across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses. Since then, Meta AI has become one of the most widely used AI assistants in the world, with the company reporting more than 1 billion monthly active users.
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