X (Twitter) introduced a feature called “Circles”, which was translated into Turkish as “Circles”, in August 2022. This feature, which was released before Elon Musk took over, allowed users to share private posts only with the people they chose.
However, the company’s statement on the platform today showed that the Circles feature will be closed. The company also added this information to its help page about Circles.
Circles leaves on October 31st
In the statement, it was stated that “X will terminate the Circles feature as of October 31, 2023” and that the feature will no longer be available at the end of October. The platform stated that after this date, users will not be able to create posts that their circle will see and will not be able to add new people.
According to X, people can be removed from the Circles feature by unfollowing them. To do this, the platform says the following steps must be followed.
- Step #1: Log in to X.
- Step #2: Go to the account in your circles and unfollow.
After doing these, you will remove the account you want from your Circle. Removed accounts will not be able to see your posts included in the Circles feature. We should also point out that when you follow these accounts again, they will not be added to your Circle.
Those who used the Circles feature encountered some unwanted problems
Although the Circles feature seems useful, it has had problems in the past. Some users stated that the posts made within the scope of this feature were viewed by people other than the selected people. There were even people who said that people they never followed saw these private posts.
X did not make an explanation as to why he made such a decision. However, lately it has started to focus more on the “Communities” feature, which also has a similar function to Circles. For this reason, such a decision may have been taken.
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