alt.hn

4/23/2026 at 4:40:02 PM

X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/x-is-shutting-down-communities-because-of-low-usage-and-lots-of-spam/

by pier25

4/23/2026 at 6:22:26 PM

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)

by xnorswap

4/24/2026 at 7:25:10 AM

The nostalgia. I did not much use XChat, but did use custom IRC clients like irssi that were capable of backdooring MSN chat rooms and had the ability to utilize many custom scripts.

by 0x10ca1h0st

4/24/2026 at 2:21:27 AM

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.

by thot_experiment

4/24/2026 at 7:25:05 AM

Why do people believe this? This kind of hyperbole is useless and annoying. This is the only social media where you get all important people using it.

by simianwords

4/24/2026 at 7:50:26 AM

I believe it because it's basically fact? I used to see twitter referenced all the time and I would even participate in the app, now it's kind of a wasteland.

by thot_experiment

4/24/2026 at 8:40:42 AM

I see x links frequently shared even in communities that have a quite a few people already on bluesky etc.

by fouc

4/24/2026 at 8:25:07 AM

>This is the only social media where you get all important people using it.

All important people use X? lmao

by ThePowerOfFuet

4/24/2026 at 9:49:03 AM

Who doesn’t use?

by simianwords

4/24/2026 at 12:23:34 PM

Trump, for one.

by beAbU

4/23/2026 at 6:15:58 PM

X is shutting down... happy face Communities because of low usage and lots of spam not happy face

by bathory

4/24/2026 at 12:04:57 AM

Huh, I'd never heard of them.

by stevage

4/24/2026 at 12:47:21 AM

So they're monkey-branching from cloning Reddit to cloning Discord. Wonder if that'll work better for them.

by phendrenad2