Hey, Flora, Pages and groups serve very different purposes, so what you do depends on your goals. Pages provide a vehicle for sharing information — they’re almost a different type of website. Groups are more like mini communities — they compare to forums, bulletin boards, etc. Once a group is established and takes off. it can run itself, as group members start discussions and support each other. That can’t happen with a Page — the Page owner has to be the source of content, etc.

If you decide to start a group, I’d encourage you to keep your Pages, or reduce the number of them. Pages do serve a purpose and have value.

Sandy

I’ve been pondering whether to set up a group. I have several Pages that I set up back in the day, but didn’t want to have a Page and a Group for each. I currently moderate a group for a colleague, but it’s time to decide if a group would be more beneficial for me, and let go of the pages.

Thanks for this clear explanation of the process.

Thanks, Cat! Just to be clear, these instructions are for setting up a Facebook GROUP, which is different from a Page.

Sandy