Facebook launches college-only space for students to connect with their college community

The social networking website Facebook on Thursday launched a dedicated Facebook Campus, a college-only space designed to assist college students to connect with fellow classmates over shared pursuits.

To create a Campus profile, all college students want is their faculty electronic mail and commencement 12 months. Different data corresponding to their main, lessons, hometown and minor is elective.

“As soon as a Campus profile is about up, college students can uncover Teams and Occasions distinctive to their college, and join with classmates who share related pursuits. When content material is shared on Campus, solely folks inside Campus will see it,” Fb stated in a weblog put up.

“Your identity, profile picture, cover picture and hometown out of your Facebook profile will probably be added to your Campus profile, however you possibly can edit or take away your hometown out of your Campus profile if you would like,” Facebook stated.

College students can create research teams, plan digital live shows or ask for recommendations with college-only Groups and Occasions.

“Campus Chats are real-time chat rooms. College students can create chat rooms for his or her dorm, golf equipment or some other teams they’re a part of inside Campus,” Facebook stated.

Within the early days, Fb was a college-only community.

“We’re returning to our roots with Fb Campus to assist college students make and preserve these relationships, even when they’re away from their faculty,” stated Charmaine Hung, Product Supervisor, Fb Campus.

The campus is opt-in expertise throughout the Fb app so that you select whether or not to affix Campus and create a profile.

Each Campus profile incorporates your identity, cowl picture, and profile picture out of your Fb profile, in addition to your commencement year.

“All different fields are elective and you’ll select what you wish to embody. You may select to delete your Campus profile via Campus settings at any time and your Campus profile will not seem within the classmates listing.”

One can even delete information corresponding to feedback in a gaggle, posts, reactions, or an occasion within the Exercise Log.