That’s a mistake, says research by Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University.

For a successful group, you better divest power and add more administrators.

Facebook Groups are a great way to meet like-minded people and create a virtual community.

But not every group is successful and many go bust as quickly as they start.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellonstudied half a million Facebook groupsover three months.

It also helps to have more posts that contain multimedia like images or videos.

The Role of Founders in Building Online Groups| [PDF] viaThe Next Web