X recently announced Communities will be going away on May 6, which means The Design Sphere Community will be coming to a close.
I started The Design Sphere in 2021 and never imagined it would grow to more than 660k members. Thank you to everyone who shared work, ideas, feedback, and helped shape it over the years.
While the Communities feature is going away, The Design Sphere isnât. Weâre exploring what comes next, and you can follow
@TheDesignSphere or
@retromauro to stay in the loop.
Today we're announcing two product changes for organizing communities on X:
1. XChat now supports joinable links for groupchats. Create a public link & share direct to Timeline. With support for 350 members per chat (and growing), Groupchat Links are the fastest way to bring people together on X.
2. Due to declining usage, we're deprecating X Communities on May 6.
To migrate your Community's members, pin your groupchat link so people can join it over the next 2 weeks.
This is part of our broader effort to simplify the experience on X. Make no mistake: we are investing heavily in niche communities with the launch of Custom Timelinesâand much more to come.