Popular photo-sharing platform Instagram on Friday announced its users can now make a "close friends" list on its "Stories" to share it with the people they've selectively added.
It is a global roll-out and to add people to their list, users need to go to their profile and tap on "Close Friends" in the side menu. This feature is another tick for the Facebook-owned photo sharing platform, making it closer to work like Snapchat.
And just like Snapchat, Instagram's Stories lets users post images and videos that vanish after 24 hours, giving it the unique value that people have tried out on its competition platform.
If someone has added you to their list, you will see a green badge when you're viewing their stories. You'll also see a green ring around their profile photo in the stories tray, the company added.
"Only you can see your close friends list and no one can request to be added, so you can feel comfortable adjusting it at any time. When you share to Stories, you'll see the option to share with just the people on your 'Close Friends' list," the Facebook-owned company wrote in a blog post.
Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram is testing re-arrangement of features, icons, buttons and the way users navigate between tabs on its platform.
"We're testing ways you can better express yourself and easily connect with the people – so over the next several weeks, you may see features re-arranged or changed at the top of your profiles," the company wrote in a blog-post earlier this month.
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