How to add Instagram close friends
by Monica Chin from The Verge - All Posts on (#60NEM)
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For the first few years of Instagram's existence, it was a pain to hide Stories from people. You had to dig into an individual Story's settings and select followers to hide it from. Then, if you wanted to let those followers see the next Story, you had to go into that Story's settings and undo the block.
But in 2018, Instagram launched the close friends feature, which makes it much easier to share content with a limited group. Once you've created a close friends list, you'll have the option to share a Story with just that list. If you're posting content that could be controversial, personal, or NSFW, the option can save you some stress.
In case you don't know how to add folks to your close friends list, we'll show you how to get...