2023-09-22 10:26:04
The Circle on X (Twitter) feature is bowing out. The social network, which imagined it as a way to share tweets to a circle of close contacts only, will stop it at the end of October 2023.
Without fanfare, the social network This is whata Web page on the social network announces, reports TechCrunch in its September 22 edition. The curtain will fall on October 31, 2023 precisely.
« As of October 31, 2023, Circles will be obsolete. After this date, you will no longer be able to create new posts limited to your Circle, nor add people to your Circle. You can, however, remove people from your Circle by unsubscribing. », We read in the message, which presents in passing the manipulation to be carried out.
The Twitter Circle feature, here empty. // Source: Screenshot
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The Circles aimed to provide a similar experience to “close friends” on Instagram. By publishing a tweet associated with a Circle, it could only be read by people who are members of that group. In testing since May 2022, the functionality had been made official on August 30. At the time, according to Twitter, the public reaction to Circle “ was extremely positive. »
But all that was before Elon Musk came into the equation. After the acquisition of the social network, the business manager becomes its boss and launches a project to fundamentally transform it. Regarding the Circles feature, Elon Musk to dit on July 8 that removes Circles in favor of improved communities and private messaging group chat. »
The Circles were accessible via the mobile application, on Android and iOS, as well as the web version of the social network. Up to 150 people could be in a Circle. The member list could be changed at any time and it was possible to add or remove anyone without telling them. It really was a personal filing tool.
Maybe you didn’t know where to access Circles. You had to select the appropriate option in the writing area of your tweet — you had the choice between “Everyone” and “Circle”. By clicking on the “Edit” button, we could then find an option to populate this list. Only members of the Circle could reply to you, because they were the only ones who saw your messages.
It is via this option that Circles could be used. // Source: Screenshot
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