Instagram It tries to expand the possibilities of groups in the social network with the development of group profiles. The option allows multiple people to share your content in one place.

Communities are one of Meta’s biggest bets for its social networks. announced for the first time What’s up?and for later Messenger and Facebook, they bring together chat groups revolving around a theme or a common social space in the same place.

Communities have also been spotted on Instagram for a while, as reverse engineering expert Alessandro Paluzzi has shared since March and several times. The last thing known about them is that they changed their name. Group Profiles on Instagram.

Each community or group profile requires a description along with its own username and profile photo. Users can join as members or administrators. activity can be public or private.

From screenshots Paluzzi shared in August, it’s known that members of a group profile can post posts and photos that will be publicly viewable if it’s a public group.

Meta has confirmed this new feature and testing done in Canada. “We are testing the ability to join a group profile and share stories, posts. feed or reels with group members. That way, people will be able to connect with others about their interests in a private space,” a company spokesperson told Business Insider and convened Europa Press.