Twitter Circle Expands, Will it Stay for Good? – 24HTECH.ASIA

Twitter Circle has been around for weeks and was implemented to a limited group of users, and now it seems like the social media network is set to roll it out to more users. 

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Twitter Circle works like Instagram’s Close Friends feature. In this case, Twitter users can send out tweets to only a specific group of people instead of the whole Twitter. 

It remains unclear how many people can access Circle, but it looks like more users are seeing the feature pop up when they compose a tweet. Still, there are others that have not seen it yet. 

According to Joseph Nunez, a Twitter spokesperson, “We are still currently testing Twitter Circle with a group of people across iOS, Android, and Web globally. The feature has not rolled out widely to everyone yet as we continue to gather feedback.” 

Do You Have Twitter Circle?

You can check if you are one of the few to whom this feature got rolled out to. Update your Twitter app, then head to Twitter in a web browser. 

When you start composing a tweet, you will see a dropdown menu at the top that reads ‘Everyone.’ You can then choose ‘Twitter Circle’ to limit your tweet to a select audience, or you can hit ‘Edit’ to add or remove people from your circle. 

Don’t worry, these users you remove from your circle won’t get notified at all. 

You can add up to 150 users to your Circle, whether they follow you or not. Users in your Circle will see a note appended to Circle-only tweets (and vice versa).” 

If you look at it, using Twitter Circle is almost like having a private account. Furthermore, people in your Circle won’t be able to retweet anything you post to it, but they can still take a screenshot and download your tweets.

One of its downsides is that you don’t have to opt out of someone’s circle, but you can mute it if you don’t want to see it on your feed. 

Twitter officially started testing Circle on May 3.

Will It Stay for Good?

Many users are happy with this feature, yet with Elon Musk’s impending takeover of the company who made it clear that he will make some changes, it wouldn’t be surprising if some features get removed from the platform. 

For now, some users can take advantage of this new feature. After all, it’s still in the early stages, so it could go anytime soon, or stay for good. Who knows? 

Musk is still busy with a lot of things, including the latest lawsuit filed against him, alleging that he has actively manipulated the company’s stock for personal gain. 

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Written by April Fowell

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