10/11/2025
๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ! If you've been posting content in ๐
๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ and using a ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ, you might be hurting your visibility instead of helping it.
๐Have a look at some of the posts attached from Facebook groups. And businesses Iโve tagged - Iโve made this mistake myself so I hope you donโt mind me including you but it will help us all!
While hashtags are great on Instagram, they work very differently in Facebook Groups.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ & ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ:
The effectiveness of a hashtag as a discovery tool is instantly limited by the group's privacy setting (Public, Private):
โญOn a ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ the hashtags allow people outside your network to find your post when searching Facebook globally.
โญ In a ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ, a post's visibility is restricted to only group members. The hashtags, therefore, lose their primary "global reach" function.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ:
In a Facebook Group, the best practice for ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง not to gain global reach. Group members and admins use them to categorise posts so they can easily search within the group for topics.
โญWhen a post uses ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ or ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ hashtags (like or ), it can look like the user is trying to "game the system" or is simply missing the point of the group's internal filing system.
โญAnd as you can see from the attached, the posts are also difficult to read.
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ:
Groups are highly focused on engagement, discussion and content relevant to the community's topic. Posts with multiple hashtags make it look like a blanket marketing effort rather than a genuine contribution to the group.
โญ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ'๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ: Facebook's group algorithm prioritises content that sparks genuine, targeted discussion. A large block of hashtags can be seen as "low-quality" or "promotional" behaviour, especially if the group has rules against self-promotion.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ:
It's possible the group itself has explicit rules that the person broke, such as:
โญ "No more than two hashtags per post."
โญ"Only use our official group-specific tags (e.g., )."
โญ"No overly promotional language or tag blocks."
๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
When posting in a Facebook Group:
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๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ-๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ: Only use hashtags if the group moderator has created specific tags for filing (e.g., ). This helps members search within the group.
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๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐, ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ : If you must use one, make it highly focused on the content. Example: If you are sharing about essential oils, just use instead of five general tags.
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๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:
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Prioritise value, conversation and authenticity in groups over trying to maximise tags.
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Save the hashtag block for your own public Facebook business page or Instagram page.
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