Taking firm steps towards becoming a platform for everything, it has now announced a Facebook-like feature. Although X communities are not as colorful as Facebook groups, they have become widely used, especially abroad. X (Twitter) community managers complain that the communities do not have features that will attract users. Following these increasing criticisms, Elon Musk announced new features for the communities. Accordingly, the list adding feature has arrived for X (Twitter) communities administrators. Apart from this, new features for X (Twitter) communities are on the way.
Alarm bells for Facebook groups: Adding list feature for X communities has arrived
Elon Musk has recently announced many exciting features for the X. The most important of these was the Twitch-like live game broadcast feature. Musk, who is trying to turn the X platform into a super application, has now targeted Facebook Groups.
This feature is a game-changer for communities, as you can now draw on the best of millions of existing data feeds to populate your community https://t.co/3iveHGDoGm
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 14, 2023
Facebook is not used much, especially by the younger generation. However, Facebook’s most important stronghold is still groups. The place where the young generation still uses Facebook today is in closed Facebook groups. Here, Elon Musk is trying to touch this market with X (Twitter) communities.
X (Twitter) community administrators especially complained about not being able to direct their communities as they wanted. Elon Musk is trying to change this situation a little with the announcement of the list adding feature for X (Twitter) communities. As you know, it is possible to create your own lists through X. Now, if you have a community on X, it is possible to add your lists to this group. So all community members will have access to your X (Twitter) lists.
Currently, the list adding feature for X communities (Twitter) only works on the Web. However, an update will be coming soon on both iOS and Android.
As you know, creating a list is among the most important features for the X platform. Creating lists on the topics one follows or following existing lists is important for the home page flow. X can also add posts selected from lists followed by users to the main stream. In this way, it is possible to integrate more with the community through the lists shared by the community you are a member of.
New features for X (Twitter) communities are on the way
Tabs for the most liked, most interacted and trending posts that were removed for X communities (Twitter) will also return. Although X communities (Twitter) are not yet as interactive as Facebook groups, Elon Musk is expected to be more bold for the X communities features.
We've been busy this week making several improvements to Communities. Here are the most notable changes that are coming soon:
– We're updating Pinned Communities on Home to have sorting options: Trending, Most liked, Most recent.
– We are also adding a small version of the… pic.twitter.com/cX4PXrzd9L— Enrique (@enriquebrgn) November 4, 2023
In this sense, the feature of seeing public posts without joining the community will also come. You will also be able to like these posts and add them to your favorites. Currently, the communities team is looking to show X communities results in Google searches as well. In this way, X communities will have the opportunity to reach much more.
Facebook, which is thought to be unblocked by anyone today, is still alive thanks to the activity of huge groups. Elon Musk, on the other hand, is obviously trying to replace groups, which are the last bastion of Facebook, with X communities. So, do you think X communities can compete with Facebook groups with their new features? We are waiting your comments.
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