By Adedapo Adesanya
Social media giant, Twitter, has rolled out Twitter Circle to its users globally after months of selected testing all over the world.
In a statement sent to Business Post on Tuesday, the microblogging platform said, “You may have already heard that we’ve been getting a feel for Twitter Circle with a small group of people on Twitter and they definitely have a ton to say! If you haven’t been able to test it out yet, then your timeline has probably been inundated with what seems to be a bunch of random circles with people’s faces on them and Tweets from people begging to have Twitter Circle. If you have no clue what it actually is, let me explain.”
“After much anticipation, everyone on Twitter will now have the ability to do just that with Twitter Circle — a new feature that’s launching to everyone globally today, which allows you to choose who can see and engage with your content on a Tweet-by-Tweet basis,” the platform further said.
For those who want to use the feature, all they have to do is select up to 150 people who will be able to view and interact with the tweets they don’t want to share with everyone and choose Twitter Circle as their audience when publishing a tweet.
With that done, “Then you’re all set to say what you gotta say, share spoilers without ruining it for everyone else and unleash your weird without fear of embarrassment – all in the privacy of your own circle. And if you’re new to Twitter, what a perfect way to get your feet wet and give it a go with a smaller crowd before making your debut on the public timeline!”
Twitter says the feature will allow people to share personal news and updates, hot takes, and updates without the burden of other people infringing on their comments.
Sampling some users’ opinions, they said: “I love Twitter Circle because we all have those Tweets that we don’t want the entire world to see so it’s nice to be able to have a space where we can share and laugh with the people we are in community with! Twitter Circle eliminates the fear of the wrong person seeing the wrong Tweet and has allowed me to connect more honestly and purposefully with my followers which is what Twitter is all about.” – @itszaeok
“I love Twitter Circle because it allows you to curate a community within your community. Someone like me who has a larger platform can’t always be as open and connected with my friends the way I want to on Twitter, so this allows me to be able to connect with my broader audience, as well as my personal friends all on the same timeline!” – @seangarrette
The update is part of a bout of new products that the platform is testing which includes podcasting, payments, and business optimisation among others.
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