RE: the circle maintenance effort, I’m finding that people are using group chats (in messenger, WhatsApp, etc) as a solution to the pain points Circles set out

RE: the circle maintenance effort, I’m finding that people are using group chats (in messenger, WhatsApp, etc) as a solution to the pain points Circles set out to solve. For example, I’ve now been added to a chat with all my extended family, one for my local community group (and subgroups), and a couple friend ones from college. And now when I have something to share I pick the relevant scope just like Circles, and finding my contacts are more open to sharing casual thoughts vs standard posting. I have a hunch that it works because the moderation/curation becomes a group effort instead of just a maintenance activity asked of me alone, but it was an interesting realization when I realized what was happening