Facebook launches Groups , an application dedicated to discussions on several

Imposed after the arrival of his Messenger, it seems that Facebook wants to dissolve its functions in many different applications to gradually invade smartphones. Thus , the social network has launched Groups application for iOS and Android. As its name suggests , it allows to initiate discussions and share data (documents, photos , etc.) between several parties gathered in groups.

Groups are made from different circles : family, close friends, or colleagues , for example. These groups can also be defined according to three levels of confidentiality . So a group can be public , closed, thus requiring a prior request to join the group , or secret , that is to say, not referenced. Facebook justifies the arrival of Groups , explaining that Messenger is not optimized to carry out discussions with others. As another argument, it explains that the new application has the advantage of allowing to dose the level of privacy . (EP)