Google+ Circles interface

E474894
contact management tool social networking feature user interface

The Google+ Circles interface was the social networking feature of Google+ that let users organize contacts into visual, drag-and-drop groups for targeted sharing and privacy control.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Google+ Circles feature 1
Google+ circles 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact management tool ⓘ
social networking feature ⓘ
user interface ⓘ
associatedWithConcept lists of contacts ⓘ
social circles ⓘ
contrastedWith Facebook friend lists ⓘ
Twitter public following model NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor contextual sharing ⓘ
managing social graph ⓘ
separating personal and professional contacts ⓘ
developedBy Google NERFINISHED ⓘ
discontinuedAsPartOf shutdown of consumer Google+ ⓘ
enables excluding circles from posts ⓘ
fine-grained audience control ⓘ
sharing posts with specific circles ⓘ
inspiredBy need for better privacy controls in social networks ⓘ
introducedBy Google+ launch in 2011 ⓘ
launchContext initial launch of Google+ ⓘ
notableFeature highly visual contact management ⓘ
intuitive grouping metaphor ⓘ
real-time drag-and-drop animations ⓘ
partOf Google+ NERFINISHED ⓘ
platform Android ⓘ
iOS ⓘ
web ⓘ
privacyModel audience-based access control ⓘ
selective disclosure of posts ⓘ
status discontinued ⓘ
supportsAction adding people to circles ⓘ
creating new circles ⓘ
deleting circles ⓘ
drag-and-drop grouping ⓘ
removing people from circles ⓘ
renaming circles ⓘ
supportsTypeOfGrouping acquaintances circle ⓘ
custom circles ⓘ
family circle ⓘ
friends circle ⓘ
work circle ⓘ
timePeriod 2011–2019 (approximate active consumer period) ⓘ
usedFor audience selection ⓘ
organizing contacts ⓘ
privacy control ⓘ
targeted sharing ⓘ
userControl hiding circle membership from others ⓘ
non-reciprocal following ⓘ
visualMetaphor circles ⓘ
drag-and-drop contact tiles ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Google+ sign-in (legacy) → dataSource → Google+ Circles interface ⓘ
subject surface form: Google+ Sign-In (legacy)
this entity surface form: Google+ circles
Andy Hertzfeld → knownFor → Google+ Circles interface ⓘ
Andy Hertzfeld → workedOn → Google+ Circles interface ⓘ
this entity surface form: Google+ Circles feature