Back To Its Roots, Facebook Tests .edu-Exclusive Groups

Long ago, signing up for Facebook required a university email address and many users shared openly with everyone in their school's network. In an effort to revive the feeling of safe sharing within an exclusive community, Facebook has begun testing a new "Groups At [University]" feature. It allows users to create Groups that are only visible to those with an authenticated .edu email address for their school. Users are encouraged to create Groups for their dorms, classes, clubs, parties and more. Groups at Universities and its restricted visibility is likely designed to get students sharing and discussing a wider range of content -- things they might be using private email for. Currently, there's only Groups at Brown and Groups at Vanderbilt, but if successful Facebook might roll out the feature to more schools.

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