Facebook Groups Finally Getting a Makeover

There might be yet another Facebook homepage redesign in the works, but another Facebook feature is about to receive an overhaul as well: Groups.

To-date, Groups have been a relic of Facebook’s past, but now, they’re going to start looking and behaving a lot like Pages and Profiles. In addition to aesthetic changes, Groups will get their own prominent Wall, and updates will appear in the News Feed, complete with commenting features.

Sound a lot like Facebook Pages? In terms of functionality, they are, though Facebook attempts to explain the difference:


Additionally, you’ll only see updates from Groups when your friends post to them, as opposed to members at large (which would be overwhelming for large groups). Overall, it seems like a much needed redesign, though, one that will likely cloud the difference between the different types of presence one can have on Facebook even further (see: Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups: What’s the Difference?).