Today Twitter started testing “Circles”. You can think of Twitter Circle as the equivalent of the “Close Friends” list on Instagram. When you tweet to your circle, only those you have added to your circle will be able to see and reply to your tweets.
Some Tweets are for everyone and others are only for the people you choose.
We’re now testing Twitter Circle, which allows you to add up to 150 people who can see your Tweets when you want to share them with a smaller audience.
Some of you can create your own Twitter Circle starting today! pic.twitter.com/nLaTG8qctp
– Twitter safety (@TwitterSafety) May 3, 2022
Twitter has uploaded a new Help Center page that explains everything on Twitter Circle. It’s not the same as Twitter communities, and it’s not the same as having a secure account (where only authorized people can see your Tweets).
At the moment, you can only have one circle, and the number of people in a circle is limited to 150 users. Only you can see the full list of users in your circle, and tweets shared with a circle cannot be retweeted. While the circle limits who can see certain Tweets, that doesn’t stop them from re-sharing media or screenshots of your content.
Finally, if you have been added to a circle, you cannot remove yourself from it. Twitter recommends that you mute conversations they don’t want to be a part of.
Twitter is only testing this feature with some users globally. To see if you are part of the test group, you should see the option to create a Circle popup when you post a Tweet on Android, iOS, or on Twitter.com. Anyone can be part of a Circle, even those you don’t follow. Only members of your circle can see, reply to, and read replies to your Tweet when they are posted to your circle.
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