Writing Notes
Community Notes contributors are able to write and submit notes on most organic public Facebook, Instagram or Threads content that they feel may benefit from additional context.
Selecting eligible posts
Contributors may select a public post by clicking on the “three dot” menu and choosing “write community note.” Most public content is eligible, including content posted by politicians, Meta or Meta executives. To start, some types of content may not be supported, such as ads, Stories and Reels. Also, Community Notes cannot be added to content with limited audiences such as private posts, messages, Events, Dating, and Marketplace content.
Writing guidelines
Each community note has a limit of 500 characters and should include background information, an insight or other helpful context that is relevant to the post. Each note must include a link to a source that supports the note. All submitted notes must follow Meta’s Community Standards.
Submitting notes
Once a contributor submits their community note, it will be available for other contributors to rate whether or not the note is helpful. A submitted note won’t appear on the post until enough other contributors agree that it’s helpful. To start, notes cannot be edited after they are submitted. However, contributors may delete their own notes, even if published, in which case no one will be able to see or rate it anymore.
Rating Notes
Community Notes contributors are able to rate which notes submitted by others in the community are helpful.
Selecting notes to rate
Contributors have access to a Feed of notes that still need ratings prior to being published, which they can access in their Facebook, Instagram and Threads settings (see Settings/Community Notes/Rate Notes within each app).
Rating options
When rating a community note, contributors must select whether they find it to be “helpful” or “not helpful”, which will help determine whether the note gets published. Contributors have the option of identifying which factors contributed to their decision, such as whether the note is relevant to the post, easy to understand, and uses neutral or unbiased language, among others. Currently, contributor ratings cannot be changed or removed.
Publishing Notes
Enough contributors must agree that a community note is helpful before it can be published on a post.
How notes get published
Community Notes identifies when there is agreement that a note is helpful among contributors that normally disagree with each other. This system only takes into account each contributor’s rating history. We think this approach helps ensure that notes reflect a range of perspectives and reduces the risk of bias. Community Notes contributors decide what notes get written and how they are rated — not Meta.
Impact on posts
A community note appears as a label added to the bottom of a Facebook, Instagram or Threads post, and reshares of those posts. The label does not impact people’s ability to see the original post. Post authors will receive a notification when a note has been published to their post, but will not be able to remove the note. When a note appears on a post, it won’t affect who can see that content or how widely it can be shared.