Twitter Circle Now Rolling Out For More Users On Android, iOS: What Is It And How It Works

Twitter is rolling out Twitter Circle for more users on iOS and Android globally, weeks after it began testing with select users.

Twitter Circle works by letting the user send out tweets to a selected set of people. Image: Getty

New Delhi: Twitter is rolling out Twitter Circle for more users on iOS and Android globally, weeks after it began testing with select users. Twitter Circle works by letting the user send out tweets to a selected set of people instead of the whole platform. Twitter Circle works similar to what we have seen Meta-owned Instagram doing with Stories where the user can post a story for particular sent of "close friends". 

"Twitter Circle is a way to send Tweets to select people, and share your thoughts with a smaller crowd. You choose who’s in your Twitter Circle, and only the individuals you’ve added can reply to and interact with the Tweets you share in the Circle," the company has written on its support page.

Know all about Twitter Circle

The micro-blogging site began testing the Twitter Circle feature earlier this month and the feature essentially lets a Twitter user select up to 150 people and lets the user send tweets to a specific group of people instead of the entire platform. As mentioned above, the works a lot like Meta-owned photo platform Instagram’s Close Friends feature. It is being said that Twitter users can add and remove members from their Twitter Circle list at any point.

However, it should be noted that Twitter Circle is in its early stages right now and it is still available for a limited number of people globally who can create Twitter Circle Tweets.

Twitter has been working to battle the spread of fake news and misinformation and harassment one the platform and in a recent move, the micro-blogging site announced its crisis misinformation policy -- a global policy that will guide its efforts to elevate credible, authoritative information and will help ensure that the company doesn't amplify or recommend misinformation during crisis such as wars or health emergencies.

Teams at the micro-blogging site have worked to develop a crisis misinformation framework since 2021, drawing on key input from global experts and human rights organisations. "For the purposes of this policy, we define crises as situations in which there is a widespread threat to life, physical safety, health, or basic subsistence. This definition is consistent with the United Nations’ definition of a humanitarian crisis and other humanitarian assessments," Roth added.