X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam
pier25
20 points
5 comments
April 23, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
bathory
X is shutting down... happy face Communities because of low usage and lots of spam not happy face
xnorswap
I read "We are investing heavily in XChat" and was really confused for a second, having used xchat as my main IRC client back in the day. I hadn't realised that it was now long defunct, with its last release in 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XChat_(IRC_client)
stevage
Huh, I'd never heard of them.
phendrenad2
So they're monkey-branching from cloning Reddit to cloning Discord. Wonder if that'll work better for them.
thot_experiment
You know, I don't think the scams and spam are because of the design of the "Communities" tool but because those are the only people left using the website.