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        "id": 1759423,
        "msgid": "meta-quietly-releases-a-new-reddit-like-app-called-forum-1779531639",
        "date": "2026-05-23 12:07:39",
        "title": "Meta quietly releases a new Reddit-like app called Forum",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "Meta has quietly released a new standalone app for Facebook Groups named Forum, marketed as a space for in-depth discussions. The app requires a Facebook login and includes an AI-powered 'Ask' feature and an AI admin assistant, reflecting Meta's broader push to roll out more apps amid criticism of copying popular services.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2013 The technology giant Meta has quietly launched a new\nstandalone app for Facebook Groups called Forum. The Forum app bears\nsimilarities to Reddit\u2019s digital discussion forums as it is described as\na space for in-depth discussions. TechCrunch reported on Friday (22\/5)\nthat Meta\u2019s Forum first appeared to a social-media consultant Matt\nNavarra. The Forum app can be used after users sign in with their\nFacebook account. Thereafter, users will be able to access information\nabout groups, profiles, and activity. Users can also create posts under\na nickname, a familiar activity similar to the standard Facebook app.\nMeta says Forum\u2019s features are centred on conversations within groups,\nallowing users to see \u201cwhat people are actually saying, not just what\u2019s\ntrending\u201d. The app is believed to make it easier for users to pick up\nconversations where they left off. The app includes an AI-based \u2018Ask\u2019\ntab that lets users ask questions and receive answers gathered from\ndiscussions across various groups. There is also an AI admin assistant\nto aid administrators in managing groups and moderating content. This is\nnot Meta\u2019s first standalone app for groups. In 2014, the company\nlaunched a dedicated Groups app aimed at making it easier for users to\nshare content across groups, but the app did not continue beyond 2017.\nForum is one of two new Meta apps in recent weeks. Last month the\nsocial-networking company also launched a new app called Instants.\nThrough Instants, users can share photos more naturally with their\nInstagram friends. Instants and Forum arrive amid Meta\u2019s broader push to\nrelease more apps. The social media giant now aims to launch more apps\nthan ever before. Referring to Meta\u2019s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox,\nZuckerberg has even asked him to create at least 50 new apps. Meta may\nthink consumers want more apps, but that is probably not the issue,\nespecially when the new apps largely copy other popular services.\nInstants, for example, borrows ideas from BeReal and Snapchat. There is\nalso Meta Edits, launched last year, largely a copy of ByteDance\u2019s\nCapCut. Meta has not yet issued an official comment regarding the\nexistence of the Forum app.<\/p>",
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