[addicted]

Circles are a good idea in theory.

In practice, for Circles to actually be useful, they need to be scrupulously maintained.

If you send a message to a certain circle about a pool party, and it turns out that you forgot to add a friend to the circle they will be insulted.

Or if you send a message to a circle that included someone who the message was not intended for, once again, you’re in trouble.

Group chats tend to work much better because they are simpler and are only created when you have a specific need. They can last beyond that need if the people in it end up being a useful grouping for the long term, but this filtering happens organically.