Meta has quietly introduced a new app called Forum, rolling it out without an official announcement or public push. First spotted on the App Store by Geekout Newsletter’s Matt Navarra, the app is described as “a dedicated space for the conversations that matter most to you” and is designed around Facebook Groups.
Forum appears designed to help people get what Meta calls “real answers” from “real people,” creating an experience that feels somewhat similar to Reddit. A Facebook account is required, and user profiles and activity transfer over after logging in. Although the platform is not anonymous in the same way Reddit can be, users can still choose anonymized usernames, while group administrators are able to view real identities.
Unlike Facebook’s main feed, which blends posts from friends, Groups, followed Pages, and algorithm-driven recommendations, Forum focuses primarily on conversations within a user’s Groups. During setup, users are asked what topics they want to see more of, signaling that the app may recommend content from additional Groups tied to their interests. Posts shared through Forum also appear in the main Facebook app, with conversations syncing across both platforms.
Meta has tried something like this before. Back when it was still called Facebook, the company released a separate app for Groups, though it eventually shut it down in 2017. This time around, Forum comes with a couple of AI tools, including “Ask,” which pulls answers from different Groups instead of making users search one by one, plus an assistant aimed at helping admins manage their communities.
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