Multiple people joining a Facebook group

Stilernin2

   Facebook changed the rules some time ago to allow anyone to join a public group without the need to be approved.  This doesn't normally cause an issue but I noticed that 8hrs ago 27 people joined the group that I 'admin'.   

Being curious I had a look at a few profiles and whilst they appeared to live in various locations they all had one interest in common, which is not sewing, the interest of our group.     If the 'Invite' button is used to invite multiple people, do they then have to accept, which would be over a period of time I guess,  or are they all added straight away?

I am just interested to know how this has happened and if there is more to this than meets the eye?  Should I be concerned.  Comments from Facebook experts would be gratefully received.  Cheers

Neil_Jones

You should be able to change  this:

https://www.facebook.com/help/214260548594688

But generally if you don't want every Tom, Richard and Harry wandering into your group, don't make it public in the first place.

Stilernin2

Neil_Jones said:

You should be able to change  this:

https://www.facebook.com/help/214260548594688

But generally if you don't want every Tom, Richard and Harry wandering into your group, don't make it public in the first place.

Thanks,  I'll have a read and adjust settings if necessary.  I do already require approval for the first post.    This group is public as it is our 'shop window' for what we do (a charity) and we encourage recipients of items we sew to post their thanks.  This worked fine when approval was required for all members and really we have had no issues with the new rules.  We also have a private group where we all kick off our shoes.

My query really was about this 'bulk joining' it just made me wonder how it had happened.  Cheers again.