Elon Musk-owned X, previously Twitter, is shutting down its Circle characteristic — bringing an finish to its glitchy historical past — The characteristic allowed customers to share a publish solely with a set of individuals. It was the social community’s tackle Instagram’s “Close Friends” characteristic.
The firm mentioned the characteristic will go away on October 31, and customers gained’t be capable of add individuals to their circle.
“X is deprecating Circles as of Oct 31st, 2023. After this date, you will not be able to create new posts that are limited to your Circle, nor will you be able to add people to your Circle. You will, however, be able to remove people from your Circle, by unfollowing them as described below,” X mentioned on its help web page.
The firm will nonetheless let individuals take a look at their historic Circle posts after the deadline date.
Twitter first launched the Circle characteristic in August 2022, after testing it in beta for a couple of months. The firm let individuals add 150 individuals to their Circle. Users had been allowed to create just one Circle.
Earlier this yr, customers began noticing that their Circle posts weren’t labeled with a inexperienced flag, inflicting them to consider that the publish went out to all of their followers. While this was only a scare, in April, customers reported that a few of their Circle posts began showing on different individuals’s For You algorithmic timelines. In May, the corporate confirmed this bug as a “security incident” which may have “users outside of your Twitter Circle” to take a look at Circle posts.