How you can share your photos, videos and more through the creation of a list of closest friends on Instagram: here’s how it works.
One of the most famous and important social networks in the world and growing. We’re talking about Instagram, the social of images and visual interaction. More than a catalog to browse, or rather, scrolling absent-mindedly, Instagram is a real showcase of ourselves and our content, our personal blog, to be qualified and personalized more and more. Followers are growing and this is a good thing, it means that you’re managing this social in the right way!
You may find yourself dealing with content that is more suited to certain targets rather than others, or you may simply need to maintain a privileged relationship with certain users when you post something personal that you want to share with a specific and more intimate circle of people. Here’s where Instagram, an ever-evolving platform, has come up with a solution to create your closest friends list for a while now. If you haven’t thought about it yet, here’s how to go about choosing who to share videos, photos and more with!
Create your closest friends list on Instagram
Before we start pulling up your closest friends list on Instagram let’s understand together the purpose of this feature and what it can be useful for specifically. It’s about making a shortlist of users with whom you can share your Instagram Stories that will only be shown to them. An option extended to all accounts and that does not contemplate any specific activation or additional app to install. If you’re already starting to imagine a division of lists-contacts between family, work, friends, fans of your favorite sport, users who have the same passions divided by food, travel, fashion etc., know that at the moment you can not create multiple lists of friends. Instagram has provided, therefore, a single list on which you can add or remove users at any time and without limits.
How the close friends list works on Instagram
To get started with your personalized friends list, log in to your Instagram profile and click on the icon that shows your profile photo. From your profile screen go to the top right button with the three parallel lines, which is the Settings feature, where you’ll see in the menu, the Closest Friends option. Click on it and you will be able to see the contact search feature to start selecting your closest Instagram friends to add to your list. Immediately below you’ll find the Suggestions section that the social itself suggests based on your most frequent interactions.
These are users with whom the level of engagement on Instagram is higher than likes, comments on posts, viewing and reacting to Stories. A little help and cue that Instagram already provides you with for your list. After all, you know, social reflects both real and virtual interaction. And now, go ahead and start adding the people you prefer, without any numerical limit! Keep in mind that those who will enter your list of closest friends, will not receive any notification from Instagram, let alone when and if, you decide to delete them from the list. Your friends, if they are attentive and know a little bit about the magic of Instagram, will be able to notice that they are part of your restricted list, as soon as you start making your Story reserved for them, as it will appear with the circle around it all green. Check it out and you’ll notice that on the right side of the screen, there’s a small green label with a star that indicates that your Story is restricted to a small circle of users. A label that will also be visible by them.
Closest Friends on Instagram: share your Stories with them
To start sharing a Story with your new truly exclusive list, all you have to do is choose the non-public option, but select the one dedicated to your Closest Friends, and so only they will have the privilege of being able to interact with your contribution on Instagram. Simple, right? But what does it do? The list has a feature designed to show your most private and confidential content to the people who follow you with whom you have more affinity or confidence. Content that highlights elements of your personality that you usually share with friends, diary thoughts that aren’t too secret but not too public, or more playful content that you may not want to share with your boss at work or with your nosy aunt.
After all, Stories are a means of expression, but also of communication and in those 24 hours you can choose who to interact with. In addition, the list of closest friends on Instagram can also be used as a web marketing space, where you can share lessons and webinars, or where you can advertise your business through ad hoc messages, surveys or a kind of social newsletter, clearly targeting well the interested users and avoiding spam.