We're going to be investing heavily in XChat. Communities had a great vision, but they were used by less than 0.4% of users—yet contributed to 80% of spam reports, financial scams, and malware on X. It occupied half the team's time some weeks, while the rest of the app suffered. Of the handful of Communities that succeeded, most were user-acquisition channels for Kick or compensated clipper communities. There are a handful very cool communities that will have to migrate (e.g., coin collectors, baseball cards, skincare, artists), but that content should really live on Timeline or in chats—instead of a Temu version of subreddits.

Instagram is dropping end-to-end encryption for DMs today… X just gave us something better XChat - a full privacy-first messaging app built into X (with a standalone version too) What actually makes it different: ✅ True end-to-end encryption (no backdoors, no advertising hooks) ✅ Video calls + high-quality group chats ✅ File sharing, voice notes & seamless media ✅ Completely ad-free with zero data harvesting ✅ Lightning fast + deeply integrated with your X account No more choosing between convenience and real privacy While one platform quietly removes encryption… X is building the future of secure communication Switch to XChat now

Today we're announcing two product changes for organizing communities on X: 1. XChat now supports joinable links for groupchats. Create a public link & share direct to Timeline. With support for 350 members per chat (and growing), Groupchat Links are the fastest way to bring people together on X. 2. Due to declining usage, we're deprecating X Communities on May 6. To migrate your Community's members, pin your groupchat link so people can join it over the next 2 weeks. This is part of our broader effort to simplify the experience on X. Make no mistake: we are investing heavily in niche communities with the launch of Custom Timelines—and much more to come.

We've heard you. To give sufficient time to migrate: You'll have until May 30th to transition to XChat. We'll also increase groupchat limits to 500 members tomorrow and aim to reach 1000 in the next couple weeks. This should cover all but a handful of communities on X.