Why is Facebook telling me I cant join groups right now?

You can stop people from adding you to groups you didn’t ask to join by turning off specific settings.  

Stop people from directly adding you to a group

If the Add me to their groups setting is on, a group manager can add you to a group without your permission. 

If this setting is off, managers may send you an invitation to join their group, but they can’t add you directly without your permission. 

  1. Sign in to Google Groups.
  2. At the top right, click Settings 
    Why is Facebook telling me I cant join groups right now?
    Why is Facebook telling me I cant join groups right now?
    Global settings.
  3. Uncheck Add me to their groups.
  4. Click Save.

Tip: Turn this setting off to avoid spam groups or unrecognized groups.

Don’t allow group invitations

If the Invite me to their groups setting is off, group managers can’t send you invitations to join their groups. 

If Add me to their groups is on when Invite me to their groups is off, then group managers can still add you to their groups directly. In that case, you don’t get an invitation, but you’re still added to the group.

  1. Sign in to Google Groups.
  2. At the top right, click Settings 
    Why is Facebook telling me I cant join groups right now?
    Global settings.
  3. Uncheck Invite me to their groups.
  4. Click Save.
  • Add people to your group
  • Leave a group or unsubscribe from emails

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Facebook groups can have one of three privacy levels: open, closed or secret. Any Facebook user can join an open group, but group administrators have a greater degree of control over the privacy of closed and secret groups. You can only join a secret Facebook group if a moderator invites you to join, but if you know the URL of a closed group, you can ask to join the group yourself by visiting its home page.

  1. Log in to your Facebook account, and then navigate to the main page of the group you want to join.

  2. Click the "Join Group" button in the group's main menu to send a request to join the group.

  3. Check your notifications. Once a moderator of the group approves your membership, Facebook sends you a notification of the approval and group posts immediately begin to appear in your news feed.

16. 4. 2019

Why is Facebook telling me I cant join groups right now?

Facebook groups are part of the day-to-day activity of Facebook users, and in terms of marketing, they present great potential for businesses. Anyone can join a group with a personal profile, but it is also possible to join a group as a Facebook page.

If you want to become a member of a specific group with your Facebook page, the process is very simple. First, you need to find a group that interests you. Then click the “Join Group” button to choose if you want to become a member with your personal profile or Facebook page.

If it is not possible to apply for group membership with a Facebook page, this means that group administrators do not allow this option, or that you don’t have this feature activated for now.

Conversely, if you own a Facebook group and want to allow pages to join your community, the process is as follows:

1. Click the button… Others.
2. Select Edit Group Settings.
3. At the bottom of the settings you will find Site Membership Requests and you can decide if you will permit Facebook pages to join your group or if you won’t allow pages to request group membership. Existing pages in the group will remain, but can be deleted manually if needed; they will just no longer be able to be added.

Why is Facebook telling me I cant join groups right now?

Why is Facebook telling me I cant join groups right now?

Why is Facebook telling me I cant join groups right now?

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How long does Facebook group restriction last?

2 strikes: One-day restriction from creating content, such as posting, commenting, using Facebook Live or creating a Page. 3 strikes: 3-day restriction from creating content. 4 strikes: 7-day restriction from creating content. 5 or more strikes: 30-day restriction from creating content.

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Banned members won't be able to find the group in search or see any of its content, and they can't be invited to the group again by members.

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