X is closing its Communities feature and replacing it with AI-powered custom timelines and expanded group chats, shifting focus to real-time and personalized interactions.
X Communities are no more. Only a fraction of X users were using Communities, and much of that use was spam, the company said.
X’s AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds…and new ad slots.
Posting links on X through its API is now 1,900% more costly
X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation, according to its head of product Nikita Bier
The XChat will enable end-to-end encrypted messaging and will be available for iPhone users on April 17, with support for over 45 languages.
The EFF follows the departure of various news organizations and others, who no longer find X a viable source of traffic.
X Chat brings back Voice Notes to DMs and group chats after removing the option during the upgrade.
New automatic translations and photo editing on X are powered by the company’s flagship AI model.
Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to simplify the experience and better appeal to mainstream users and organizations.