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

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/x-is-shutting-down-communities-because-of-low-usage-and-lots-of-spam/

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404found@lemmy.zip · 37 pts · 120d (8 replies)

Hopefully Reddit is next. World news, technology, and pretty much every big name subreddit could use a shutdown. I get wayyyy more replies on Lemmy than I ever did on "active" reddit posts with supposedly 4k comments. It got to the point that I would be surprised anytime someone replied to me.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 120d (4 replies)

Hi! This is a reply to you! Do you enjoy being social? These are words I am typing! WEEEEEEE!!!!!

404found@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 120d (2 replies)

I would never see a comment like that on Reddit unless 800 bots upvoted it.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 120d (1 reply)

I mean.....in the year 2022 reddit awarded me the 1% award. I just went all year, making my own stupid little comments. I'm only on social media (reddit, and now lemmy) to entertain myself.

Then they gave me this award, and said I was in the top 1% of karma earners for the year.

I still don't know if I should be proud, or ashamed of that.

NekoKoneko@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 119d

You have society's permission to be ashoud, under threat of being pramed.

ekZepp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 119d

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jordanlund@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 120d

I really liked what /r/SaaS did:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1sl3mrh/just_hit_2k_mrr_after_8_months_of_grinding/

Looks like a post, but the image makes it clear it's bot bait. Reply to the post and get banned. LOL.

architect@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 118d

Oh it’s easy bb. Hijack top comments and always say things in a controversial way.

HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 118d

r/worldnews has been a Zionist ran and bottled shithole for most if not all of its existence.

The fact Ghislaine Maxwell was proven to be a moderator there, and the fact the rest of those mods knew of and were in on it, should've immediately resulted in a total shutdown.

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 120d

Aww, they failed to clone the structure of Reddit.

edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 120d

Organized spam is dead. Back to regular spam.

artyom@piefed.social · 6 pts · 120d

I wonder how much of that spam comes from xAI

Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 120d (6 replies)

X is completely fill with spam! I get 5+ spam PM daily

victorz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 119d (5 replies)

Glad I deleted my profile last year. Good riddance. I hadn't used it at all since Fascelon took over so it was way overdue.

Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d (4 replies)

I mostly post nsfw on it, but since migrating to Mastodon and Bluesky, I get way more traction there.

victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 118d (3 replies)

You post nsfw stuff on social media like on X, BS and Masto?

Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d (2 replies)

I do lol

victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 118d (1 reply)

I'm guessing under a pseudonym. 😬

Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d

Of course! 😁 I would never use my real name unless somehow I get stupid famous and paid by a studio

Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 118d

Anyone still using corporate social media deserves what they get.

reddig33@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 120d

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