The Instagram followers they are a fundamental element of the application, so users always want to have as many as possible. Although you have to keep in mind that if you have more followers, your likes will also increase and this leads to having a less private account, so it will be increasingly difficult for you to find family and friends.
Faced with this situation, Instagram launched in 2018 a new feature for stories called Best Friends, which gives privacy with a small group of followers. Users of this social network use this function to be able to interact more intimately with their closest friends and family, as well as to provide exclusive content. Today we teach you everything you need to know about this Instagram Best Friends feature.
Instagram's Best Friends feature lets you create a small group of peoplesa to which you offer them special content that they can see in a separate private stories. When the user uploads a story and selects this option, only those people you have selected and are on the list will be able to see it.
How Instagram calculates the list of close friends
You yourself select those users that you want to be on your list of best friends. Adding and removing people from the list is very easy and you will have to do it manually within the best friends settings.
And if you're on someone else's BFF list, you'll be able to see their stories when they post to that feature, both in the stories feed and on the profile. You'll recognize a best friends story as it's circled in green instead of pink.
Not really. You can ask to be removed from the list, mute the stories or block the account in question. When you add or remove users from your best friends list those people will not be notified by the social network.
How to use the Instagram Close Friends feature
This best friends feature is an ideal way to have closer communication with a small group of people, so you don't have to share private photos with all your followers, which means people you don't know well. As you have seen, using this function is really easy, since you only have to share a story with a very small circle of VIP people.
Now we indicate how you can create a list of best friends on Instagram:
- Enter the Instagram application
- Then access your profile by clicking on the profile photo icon that you will find in the lower right.
- Click on the three horizontal lines that you will see in the upper right.
- Select the Best Friends option.
- Here, go looking for all your followers and select Add to indicate which accounts you want to add.
Please note that you must have at least one person on the list in order to post stories to it.
How to add or remove close friends
Now we indicate how you can add and remove accounts from the list of best friends:
- Enter the Instagram application
- Enter your profile by clicking on the icon of your profile that you will find in the lower right
- Click on the three horizontal lines that you will see in the upper right.
- Select Best Friends
- Press Add or Remove on the accounts in question.
With this list of best friends already created, here we explain how to publish a story for best friends:
- Enter the Instagram application
- Click on the Story Camera button that you will see at the top left of the screen
- Create or upload the story
- Select the best friends option that you will see at the bottom of the screen.
The stories of the best friends will be seen in the stories feed surrounded by a green circle in the user profile photo icon instead of being pink. You can also see it on your profile directly if you click on it. People who are not on your best friends list will not be able to see this green circle. And those who are will see a “Best Friends” label that you will see in the upper right part of the screen.
Best friend stories are also 24 hours long just like regular stories. This feature can be used by both public and private accounts.
Tricks to use close friends on Instagram
The use of the Best Friends feature is really just posting stories to a small group of people who are usually close friends and family. There are also other possibilities to use this tool. Here are some of the best:
- Add all your current and past clients and use Close Friends Stories to share information about upcoming events or specials.
- Include your most active followers and use your close friends list to share exclusive tips and how-to guides. Add followers who have asked questions about your photo editing process and share stories about how you edit your photos.
How to Message Your Close Friends List on Instagram
But in addition to posting stories to that list of people, you also have the ability to message them through Instagram Threads. For this you will have to download an independent application that is free in the App Store and through it you will be able to get in touch with your list of friends through direct messages and status updates.
Next we show you how you can send messages to your list of best friends through Threads by Instagram:
- Open the Threads by Instagram app.
- Sign in with your Instagram profile information
- You can modify the list of best friends or keep the one you already had.
- Click on Continue.
- Take a photo or upload a photo or video from your gallery.
- Select the account you want to send the message to.
- Click Send.
Now a direct message will be sent to the account you have selected, and this person will be able to reply to the message either from the official Instagram application (in the direct messages section) or from the Threads by Instagram application.
As you can see, it is very simple to use and understand.. The best friends function has become one of the most special since it allows you to share a more personal and intimate contact with that group of people that you choose.