In a discussion titled “Circles” under the Feature category, users express interest in implementing a Google+ Circles-like feature in Discourse — user-controlled groups with custom homepages Decorbuz. While groups exist, they’re admin-controlled and not equivalent itsbhanusharma. Decorbuz suggests a plugin via Marketplace if budget allows, though prefers core integration Decorbuz. itsbhanusharma notes that nearly anything is possible with sufficient budget itsbhanusharma, which encourages Decorbuz Decorbuz. hellekin references a mention of discourse-circles in 3.1.0.beta4 release notes and notes the plugin’s private GitHub repo, despite being listed in all-the-plugins. pmusaraj confirms development is underway but not yet ready for public testing. Later, ScrapBlox laments the feature’s removal from release notes, expressing hope for user-created social clubs. The thread reflects community desire for user-managed social groupings, with official acknowledgment of ongoing but unreleased development.
I’d love to see something like this be implemented into Discourse.
Groups are nice, but they’re not entirely similar, nor are they exactly what I have in mind.
Maybe it would be possible through a Customization > Plugin? If so, should I request for it in Marketplace? I would rather see it implemented in the core version of Discourse, mostly since I don’t have a budget in mind. 
From what I believe, that’s an implementation of groups that’s controlled by users rather than admins. I’m not entirely sure how taxing it would be on the system resources though.
Yes, with a custom home page for each one.
Assuming I have a high-end server, that wouldn’t be an issue. Right?
You can try Marketplace if you have a budget. From what I’ve seen, everything is doable in discourse if you have the right budget for it.
Okay, I’ll try it tomorrow.
Really? That’s perfect for what I’m planning then! 
I’ve seen discourse-circles mentioned in 3.1.0.beta4 release notes, but could not find anything but this topic regarding ‘circles’. Is this related?
The repository at https://github.com/discourse/discourse-circles is not public, although @pmusaraj added it to the all plugins list.
Good 
eye there @hellekin… we are working on this but it’s not ready for a public test just yet. It will be soon, alas, I don’t exactly know when.
