Twitter is launching its Circle feature globally, which will provide the facilities to post a tweet to a select set of people, reports TechCrunch
The social networking giant started testing this Instagram “Close Friends”-like feature in limited beta in May. This feature is now going to be open and available to all Twitter users.
Users can add up to 150 people to their Circle. There’s no limit to who you can include in a Circle. Hence, users can add anyone they like.
People included in a Circle will see a special green badge under tweets to indicate that the post is only available to that group and not the user’s public timeline.
“You choose who’s in your Twitter Circle, and only the individuals you’ve added can view, reply to and interact with the Tweets you share in the Circle. People in your Circle will see a green badge under Tweets sent to the group,” the company said in a blog post.
Users don’t even get a notification when someone adds or removes them from a Circle. Plus, Twitter doesn’t allow users to leave a Circle, so they have to block the person who created it to stop being a part of it.
While the social network didn’t officially admit this, Circle is one of the ways the company has come up with to stop people from locking down their profiles, while maintaining some degree of privacy around specific posts. Just like tweets from locked profiles, users can’t retweet the tweets posted in a Circle. After this rollout, users have an option to post a tweet to their public timeline, to their Circle, or to a community they are part of.
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