X(Twitter) set to eliminate its circle feature from October 31st

Users of Twitter/X won't be able to limit their postings to a manually curated circle of "friends" after October 31, 2023.

September 22, 2023 Samson Ayodeji

Circles will no longer be available, according to X/Twitter. By the end of the following month, the feature will be “deprecated,” forcing platform users to make major changes to the way they share content.

Users of Twitter/X won’t have the opportunity to limit their postings to a manually curated circle of “friends” after October 31, 2023. Additionally, it won’t be possible to add new users to these circles. Instead, whether they are official statements or private thoughts on any subject, all upcoming Twitter/X posts will be seen by followers and the whole public.

PSA: we’re disabling Circles by October 31.

more info → https://t.co/sHY9l6SUFw

— Support (@Support) September 21, 2023

There will no longer be a way for users to control which of their followers can view specific posts, even though they can still make their entire Twitter/X profile private to prevent unauthorized users from reading and responding to their messages.

Implication for Twitter users

Previous Circle postings’ whereabouts are still unknown. Ideally, access to these posts will remain limited to the users who originally shared them. However, there are worries that these posts could go public, possibly disclosing private communications, media, and personal ideas to a wider audience, including employers and the general public.

With the removal of the Circles function, Twitter may be moving towards a more open and public-focused platform where users’ content will by default be available to a larger audience. Users who cherish the seclusion and exclusivity that Circles offer, however, might express concerns.

Since taking control and renaming Twitter as X, Musk has rolled out a frenzy of new features and updates aimed at making money off the site or bringing it in line with his guiding principles and dedication to promoting free expression and complete freedom for everybody.

The company’s financial difficulties were admitted by Musk in July when he said, “We’re still negative cash flow, due to a 50% decline in advertising revenue with a large debt load. First, we must achieve positive cash flow before we can afford anything else.

The company recently made progress towards the introduction of Custom Likes, Hashmoji, and Hashfetti. The way that brands and advertisers interact with their consumers is about to undergo a radical change thanks to these branded tools, which also perfectly complement X’s larger strategy of promoting richer connections while boosting engagement and dialogues.

Musk most recently disclosed that X is thinking about putting a paywall in place for all customers. During a live stream on X with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, Musk emphasized that the main goal of this action is to combat the pervasive usage of bots on the platform.

The X system is the only means, in my opinion, to deal with massive armies of robots, thus that is the single most significant reason why we are switching to a tiny monthly fee for its use.

Elon Musk

He believes the company may lessen the effect of these automated identities by implementing a payment system and giving priority to postings from premium users.

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Samson Ayodeji

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