X plans to deprecate Circles on October 31, 2023; users will not be able to create new posts nor add people to their Circle, but will be able to remove people
X is planning to shut down Circles, a feature that lets you share posts with a limited group of people instead of all of your followers.
The Verge Jay Peters
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- X plans to deprecate Circles on October 31, 2023; users will not be able to create new posts nor add people to their Circle but will be able to remove people (Jay Peters/The Verge) — https://www.theverge.com/... http://www.techmeme.com/... @Techmeme@techhub.social
- Ugh, a shame. This was a generally useful feature. I just want Google+ to come back and no one wants to build it for me. — Quoting @Techmeme: https://techhub.social/... [image] @brndnpink@hachyderm.io · Brandon Pink
Discussion
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About Circles — X is deprecating Circles as of Oct 31st, 2023.
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@thekenyeung@mastodon.social
Ken Yeung
on mastodon
X (nee Twitter) is shutting down Circles, the feature similar to Instagram's Close Friends. You won't be able to create new posts to Circles after Oct. 31, but you'll be able to remove people from existing Circles. — X Circles didn't have a nice ring to it? — https://www.the…
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@josh.uno
Josh
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LOL [embedded post]
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@support
@support
on x
PSA: we're disabling Circles by October 31. more info → https://help.x.com/...
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@molly0xfff
Molly White
on x
all those hardcore software engineers can't figure out a better way to let people remove others from their twitter circle beyond “unfollow them and then follow them again” remarkable stuff [image]
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@mattbinder
Matt Binder
on x
got to love how Twitter is shutting Circles down but not a peep about what's happening to everyone's private tweets that were posted to Circles do they get deleted? do they become public? do they continue to exist in some weird post purgatory? who knows! [image]
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@tmonson23
Tyler
on x
“I don't know anyone who uses circles” idk how to tell you this but...
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@cosmic_prismss
@cosmic_prismss
on x
They used the term “depreciating” which I'm reading as people outside of your circle won't be able to see past posts you've made. You just won't be able to make new ones/add people to your circle. Post Popbase didn't bother to link: https://help.twitter.com/... [image]
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@genepark
Gene Park
on x
circles was one of the only ways you can talk about something online without having the wider crap of the world chiming in.