Twitter Circle now official, Instagram Close Friends’-like feature rolling out to some users

Twitter Circle has been released to some users. The company made an official statement about this feature. The “alternative timeline” for Trusted Friends that was originally developed a year ago, is finally being implemented.

According to Twitter Saftey’s post, “some tweets are for everyone and others are just for people you’ve picked.”

We are now testing Twitter Circle, which lets you add up to 150 people who can see your Tweets when you want to share with a smaller crowd.

Twitter Circle is pretty much a version of Instagram’s Close Friends feature, in which you can select some users that can see more of your personal stories.

The company claims that this function is available for “some” of its customers starting immediately. If you have it, Twitter will explain how it works:

• Add your people: you can choose up to 150 of them to include in your Twitter Circle;
• Tweet to only them: go on – share those thoughts. Only your Circle can see and reply to them;
• Change things up anytime: want to edit your Twitter Circle? Go for it. You won’t get notified by anyone if they are removed.

After editing your list, users will notice a green bubble when typing a tweet. Users can decide whether they want it to only be visible to a select few or all users.

Circle’s tweets will also appear differently in the timeline, so other users will know they’re part of this selection. Users can like tweets but cannot retweet them.

Do you have this feature available on your account? Are you excited to try it out? Please leave your comments below.