It’s all happening on Twitter: not just the bird app tests an edit button for paid users, but it’s’s also released twitter circles, a way to limit the visibility of posts that is reminiscent of something Google Plus tried to do all those years ago. Unlike the edit option, Circles isn’t exclusive to Twitter Blue subscribers, and everyone should be able to access the feature now (or in the very near future).
The idea is that you might not want all the friends, family, colleagues, strangers, bots, and brand accounts that follow you on Twitter to see everything you post. Maybe you want some tweets (your views on little-known popular music from the early 2000s, for example) to only reach a limited audience. That’s where Twitter Circles comes in, and the feature isn’t hard to use.
Unlike the Google Plus implementation, Twitter only offers users a circle, at least for now. The hope is certainly that it will get people to tweet more: something private that you might have previously hesitated to share can now be posted to the timelines of a private and select A group of people.
How you get started will depend on whether you’re using Twitter on desktop or through a mobile app. If you’re on the desktop, click inside the What’s going on? at the top of the screen, then click the All the world dropdown box at the top, if you choose Edit beside twitter circle, you can start the process of choosing who can see your next tweet. Leave the setting as All the worldand your tweet is made public and visible to the world at large, as usual.
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Now it’s time to try to remember who follows you on Twitter: Switch to the Recommended Click the dialog that appears, and you’ll see some suggestions for your Twitter Circle (presumably people you’ve interacted with a lot in the past). You can also search for Twitter accounts through the search for people box on top.
You can add up to 150 people to your Twitter Circle, and those people don’t necessarily have to follow you (or be followed by you). They won’t get a notification if they’re added (or removed) from the Twitter Circle, but anyone inside the circle will know as soon as they see one of your private tweets.
You can edit the people in your Twitter circle at any time, but keep in mind that anyone who add will be able to see all the tweets you previously sent in this more private mode; it’s not something you can edit and customize per tweet. You have your public tweets, and then you have your Twitter Circle tweets, and anyone who’s currently in the circle can see everything.
With twitter circle highlighted above your tweet, you can compose it normally and press Tweet. Tweets sent me Here will come with a disclaimer, telling viewers (and you) that it’s protected in terms of who can see it. Anyone within your Twitter Circle can respond to what you’ve said with a reply, but the retweet option is disabled.
Everything works similarly on mobile. Tap the new tweet button (bottom right) and you may see a dialog inviting you to try out Twitter circles – if so, tap Startor tap on the Public dropdown menu above the tweet compose area. Tap Edit next to Twitter Circle and you can fine-tune the list again, removing people through the twitter circle tab and adding people through the Recommended tab.
Just like on the desktop, make sure that twitter circle it’s highlighted in the dropdown menu above your tweet when you’re done composing it, and you’re ready to go. You can then continue to switch between twitter circle Y Public (either All the world on the web) for future tweets, but Twitter remembers your previous choice on each device.
If it’s on the desktop and wants to reach your Twitter circles list without composing a tweet, click on the Plus link in the left navigation pane, then select twitter circle. Inside the mobile app, tap your profile picture in the top right corner, and then tap Twitter Circle. Maybe it’s a good idea to periodically remind yourself who is and who isn’t in your Twitter circle between tweets..
The new Twitter Circle feature works in conjunction with the existing protected account option, meaning none of your tweets are visible to anyone except an approved list of followers. You can still make use of a Twitter Circle on a protected account to limit who sees a certain subsection of your tweets
From the other end of Twitter’s Circle feature, if you find yourself in a circle you don’t want to be a part of, there’s not much you can do about it: you have to rely on existing options to unfollow, block, and mute. tools to tidy up your timeline if someone you follow suddenly starts sharing large volumes of tweets about topics you don’t care about.
