4 ms·
X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam
- bathory 6mo agoX is shutting down... happy face Communities because of low usage and lots of spam not happy face
- xnorswap 6mo agoI 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) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XChat_(IRC_client)
- 0x10ca1h0st 6mo agoThe 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.
- stevage 6mo agoHuh, I'd never heard of them.
- phendrenad2 6mo agoSo they're monkey-branching from cloning Reddit to cloning Discord. Wonder if that'll work better for them.
- thot_experiment 6mo agoYou 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.
- simianwords 6mo agoWhy 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.
- thot_experiment 6mo agoI 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.
- fouc 6mo agoI see x links frequently shared even in communities that have a quite a few people already on bluesky etc.
- ThePowerOfFuet 6mo ago>This is the only social media where you get all important people using it. All important people use X? lmao
- simianwords 6mo agoWho doesn’t use?
- beAbU 6mo agoTrump, for one.