X has announced that it will be shutting down its Circles feature on October 31, 2023.
Circles was a feature that allowed users to share posts with a limited group of people, rather than with all of their followers.
PSA: we’re disabling Circles by October 31.
— Support (@Support) September 21, 2023
more info → https://t.co/sHY9l6SUFw
In a blog post announcing the shutdown, X said that the company had decided to focus on “core features” and that Circles had not been used as much as the company had anticipated.
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