Advice to manage a Facebook group for PhD students In my institute, there was no online (or otherwise) platform exclusively available for the current and graduated PhD students. So I created a Facebook group with a vision that the group will allow sharing and dissemination of:

Useful information such as conference calls, seminars, webinars, colloquia, etc.

Inter/intra department equipment related information (such as availability of an instrument, technical advice, etc).

Queries or information related to drafting manuscripts, graphing tools, and software.

Information on post-doc and other career related opportunities.

Provide a platform for networking with students of other departments with a scope for inter-disciplinary collaborations, etc.

Any other information useful to the institute research community.


This is my first experience as a group admin and I'm quite anxious. Is there something I could add to the scope of the group? In general, I am seeking some advice on how can I make this group more valuable to the members.
Thanks!
Do not use Facebook.  Academics view it as unprofessional.
Events should be managed using a calendar application.
Most other functions you want to achieve are traditionally achieved with email lists.
When setting up a platform, you do not want it to do as many things as possible.  You want your platform to do one thing and do it well.  That is the Unix Philosophy, and it works.