X is introducing a new version of its Communities feature, which lets users create networks around topics of interest, each with their own dedicated space and timeline. The company announced a number of changes to Communities on Thursday, including better search tools, recommendations, search and sorting options, with other updates to come.
The overarching goal is to connect X’s user base with other people, where they can post about a particular topic and comment on others’ posts.
Communities are a key part of making X, formerly Twitter, a more valuable company in terms of the data it offers. Already, Elon Musk’s X has a relationship with his AI company XAI, and XAI’s Grok chatbot Access to real-time X data, or what were known as tweets. But with X’s communities, the company could create something just as valuable as the Twitter firehose. In an ideal world, communities could become a source of information that could rival Reddit, where the data is right now Available Those who pay earn millions. (Of course, whether the X community will ever reach Reddit scale is debatable. Still, even with some increased use of the feature, XAI and Grok may benefit.)
With Thursday’s improvement, X users will now be able to discover posts from new communities that are trending directly from the Explore tab within the section. (Note that this is separate from the Explore tab which shows what’s trending across X, which can be accessed from the app’s main navigation.)
The Also, finding communities will be easier as they can be searched by topic. The company explains that after people join communities, they will be able to sort posts based on what’s trending in those communities. In a post on your community account.
The company says that later, Communities will also add moderators, Community Spaces (X’s live audio product), and community analytics for better moderation tools.
If The former already provides access to the Grok chatbot to its paid customers, and XAI also gets wide distribution for Grok through XAI.
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