X (Twitter) is shutting down Communities on May 30th due to declining usage. Initially, the date was May 6th, but it has now been extended. Nikita Bier, who works on product at X, announced it on the platform, while also mentioning that XChat group chats now support public joinable links.
Anyone can create a link to their group chat and pin it directly on their timeline for people to join. The cap is currently 350 members per chat, with plans to grow the number to 500, and then 1,000 eventually. It seems to be the replacement for Communities.
There may be hope for big creators on X
Nikita’s replies section blew up with creators and community owners protesting the shutdown of Communities. Some expressed how the largest communities on X regularly house over 100,000 members with thousands active daily.
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