X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam
10 hours ago
- #Platform Updates
- #Social Media Features
- #X Communities
- X (formerly Twitter) is shutting down its Communities feature due to low usage and high spam.
- Less than 0.4% of users used Communities, but they contributed to 80% of spam reports, scams, and malware.
- Many successful Communities became channels for driving paid traffic to external platforms like Kick.
- The feature was described as a "Temu version of subreddits" compared to Reddit.
- Communities will be shut down on May 6, 2026, with migration to revamped group chats extended to May 30.
- XChat will introduce joinable links for group chats, supporting up to 500 members, aiming for 1,000.
- X is shifting focus to Custom Timelines for Premium users and expanding group chats instead.
- The company is accelerating product releases, launching 2-3 new features weekly, including payments and XChat plans.