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X Is Closing Communities. But Hey, You Now Have Custom Timelines and Group Chats
X said Communities drew less than 0.4% of users but accounted for 80% of spam reports, financial scams and malware.
- On May 6, 2026, X will shut down its Communities feature, shifting focus toward XChat, the company's messaging service, Head of Product Nikita Bier announced.
- Communities used by less than 0.4% of users yet contributed to 80% of spam reports, financial scams, and malware on X, Bier said. The feature occupied half the team's time, hampering other app development.
- Bier dismissed the project as a "Temu version of subreddits," noting most active groups were "user-acquisition channels for Kick or compensated clipper communities" rather than organic communities.
- XChat now supports "joinable" links for group chats, accommodating up to 350 members per chat to facilitate migration of Communities members.
- Since March, X has launched two to three net new features per week, signaling an accelerated development pace aimed at improving platform utility while redirecting resources.
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Social network X will disable the "Communities" functionality, launched in 2021, due to low usage and high spam, which impacted the team and the application itself.
X Will Replace Communities with XChat Group Links Starting May 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesKey Takeaways: X Communities will be deprecated and removed on May 6, 2026, due to declining usage. The platform is replacing Communities with XChat joinable links, which can be shared directly on the timeline. Each XChat group supports 350 members, with plans to expand this limit. Creators are advised to pin their new XChat links within the next two weeks to move their followers. Starting May 6, 2026, X will officially r…
The social network X introduces custom news feeds managed by the IA Grok. A feature that replaces the X Communities and is inspired by TweetDeck.
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