# Public community, private community, or a mix? (context: migrating from Facebook)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-community-private-community-or-a-mix-context-migrating-from-facebook/394890>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Tags:** privacy, facebook-migration\
**Created:** [February 1, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-community-private-community-or-a-mix-context-migrating-from-facebook/394890 "2026-02-01T17:35:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-community-private-community-or-a-mix-context-migrating-from-facebook/394890/4 "2026-02-01T20:10:58Z")

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Sounds like you want it to be public. A split approach is good then. This also encourages people to sign up if they know they will see more “stuff” 🧐👍🏼

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