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

TechCrunch·3h ago·Neutral

What Happened

X is permanently shutting down its Communities feature, launched in 2021, citing extremely low usage and disproportionate spam problems. Despite being used by less than 0.4% of users, Communities generated 80% of spam reports, financial scams, and malware. The company will redirect resources toward developing XChat instead.

Key Entities

X (formerly Twitter)Communities featureNikitia BierXChatspammalware

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