https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-announces-shutting-down-circles-october-31st/694444/
X owner Elon Musk flagged the pending removal of Circles back in May.
Pretty bummed about this news, I'm gonna miss it. Sometimes you want to post something just for some of your closest mates and this was perfect for that.
I wouldn't start worrying yet. Elon might 'invent' a feature next week that does a similar thing, only it costs something.
Sorta. Twitter has a more "passive" type of interaction that is different from normal chats, which tend to be more "active" (you have a bigger expectation of replying).
But I'm not gonna complain too much since I can use this a reason to use Twitter even less.