X Announces Shutdown of Communities Feature, Replacing It with Group Chat Links

According to Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, the platform announced two community feature updates: First, it launched a “joinable link” feature for XChat group chats, enabling users to create public links and share them directly on their timelines; each group chat currently supports up to 350 members, with this cap set to increase continuously. Second, due to persistently declining usage, the X Communities feature will be officially discontinued on May 6. X recommends that current community admins pin their group chat links within the next two weeks to facilitate member migration. Nikita Bier stated that these changes are part of X’s broader initiative to streamline the product experience, and that the platform will continue investing in vertical communities through features such as Custom Timelines.