Guides
What we've learned about holding a group together on X with the features that are left. Each guide ends with a checklist.
X Communities closed: where your community can go now
X closed Communities in May 2026. What happened, what X offers instead, and how to rebuild a community on X with Lists, searches and a hashtag.
3 min readHow to use X Lists as a community feed
Create, fill, pin and share an X List so it works as a community feed. Limits, private versus public lists, the reply rule and common mistakes.
2 min readX search operators for community feeds
The X search operators that matter for following a community: from:, to:, OR, quotes, exclusions, lang:, filter:, min_faves:, dates and Latest vs Top.
2 min readHow to run a hashtag chat on X
Plan, announce, host and archive a recurring hashtag chat on X: choosing the tag, picking a time across time zones, the Q1/A1 format and follow-up.
3 min readModerating a community on X without admin tools
How to keep a List-and-hashtag community civil on X: written rules, muting and blocking, muted words, pruning the List, reporting and a rules template.