Elon Musk-owned company This was the social network’s take on Instagram’s “Close Friends” feature.
The company said that the feature will disappear on October 31, and users will not be able to add people to their circle.
“X is retiring Circles as of October 31, 2023. After this date, you will not be able to create new posts limited to your Circle, and you will not be able to add people to your Circle. However, you will be able to remove people from your Circle, by unfollowing them as is Explained below. Its support page.
The company will still allow people to view their historical posts in Circle after the deadline.
Twitter first launched Circle in August 2022, after testing it in beta for a few months. The company allows people to add 150 people to their circle. Users were only allowed to create one circuit.
Earlier this year, users started noticing that their Circle posts weren’t labeled with a green flag, which made them think the post had reached all of their followers. Although this was just a scare, in April, users reported that some of their posts on Circle began appearing on other people’s algorithmic timelines. In May, the company confirmed that the bug was a “security incident” that could lead “users outside your Twitter circle” to view your circle’s posts.