# Has anyone got the "monitor facebook group posts" to work?

**URL:** <https://forums.distill.io/t/has-anyone-got-the-monitor-facebook-group-posts-to-work/5729>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Tags:** notifications\
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/has-anyone-got-the-monitor-facebook-group-posts-to-work/5729 "2025-10-15T11:50:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![laueliot](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@laueliot](https://forums.distill.io/u/laueliot)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/has-anyone-got-the-monitor-facebook-group-posts-to-work/5729/1 "2025-10-15T11:50:39Z")

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# Has anyone gotten “monitor Facebook group posts” to work reliably?

**Goal:** Get near-real-time notifications when a _specific_ Facebook group gets a new post (not comments/likes)

When I tried to use it, it was giving me updates every 15 seconds but it was triggered by the same post?

Anyone got a fix?

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**Author:** ![ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/u/ajitk)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/has-anyone-got-the-monitor-facebook-group-posts-to-work/5729/2 "2025-10-16T11:15:06Z")

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i think some facebook group pages include random hidden content in the post that can trigger false alerts. can you share a screenshot of the change history displaying content that triggered change alerts? if you can share the url, that would be great. thanks!

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**Author:** ![laueliot](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@laueliot](https://forums.distill.io/u/laueliot)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/has-anyone-got-the-monitor-facebook-group-posts-to-work/5729/5 "2025-10-19T12:44:12Z")

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Hi i use the “monitor Facebook group posts” and then i press to only watch for “author” changes.

And it seems to be working for some time but then randomly it will do a false trigger, i will post screenshots aswell.

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 ![2025-10-19 14_22_23-Window](https://forums.distill.io/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0c5f3859eea76480051e01ee4d365e254ffd1daf.png)

As you can see on the second facebook group it has made a false trigger on the same author. And after 1 false trigger it will keep going every refresh.

 ![image](https://forums.distill.io/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cb1adb6d6f661fb0d79c5ee5e1ff7cfcf4544707.png)

 ![image](https://forums.distill.io/uploads/default/original/2X/6/687c4168c7c6bf1db7b5297728bf018ac387f77b.png)

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**Author:** ![laueliot](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@laueliot](https://forums.distill.io/u/laueliot)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/has-anyone-got-the-monitor-facebook-group-posts-to-work/5729/6 "2025-10-20T17:46:27Z")

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It seems like there is some invisible spaces/charcters it picks up on

 ![image](https://forums.distill.io/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1d0b674eec8f6c34def6d97557e3b18b90e94ff7.png)

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**Author:** ![ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/u/ajitk)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/has-anyone-got-the-monitor-facebook-group-posts-to-work/5729/7 "2025-10-21T19:08:21Z")

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thanks for the screenshots. the “data” tab will show the changes that triggered change alerts. can you find out what those are?