Nikita Bier, X Product Lead, posted, “Today, we’re announcing two product changes to communities on X: 1. XChat now supports joinable links in group chats. Create public links and share them directly to your timeline. Each chat supports 350 members (and is growing), and group chat links are the fastest way to bring people together on X. 2. Due to declining usage, we will be deprecating X communities on May 6th. To migrate your community members, please pin your group chat links so people can join over the next two weeks. This is part of our broader effort to streamline the X experience. Don’t get me wrong: we’re heavily investing in niche communities, through the rollout of custom timelines—and more coming soon.” She later added that, based on user feedback, the transition period has been extended to May 30th to give users ample time to migrate; the group chat limit will also be increased to 500 members tomorrow, with a target of 1000 members in the coming weeks. This should cover all communities on X except for a few specific ones.