«Breaking News» Instagram's now lets you pick ‘Close Friends’ to share your snaps with

Instagram has launched a new feature dubbed 'Close Friends' that lets users share their stories with a smaller group of people.

The new feature will appear on the user's profile in the side menu enables Instagram's more than one billion users.

They can then create a smaller group of friends and share stories exclusively with them exclusively.

However, it could lead to huge rows with other followers that find out they have been excluded. 

Instagram has launched a new feature dubbed 'Close Friends' that lets users share their stories with a smaller group of people. The new feature will appear on the user's profile in the side menu enables Instagram's more than one billion users (stock image) 

HOW CAN PEOPLE TELL IF THEIR ON YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS LIST? 

Instagram users that make the list will see a green ring around their friend's profile photo in the Stories tray.

They will also see a green badge when you're viewing their Stories.

You'll also see a green badge when you're viewing their Stories.

Another way the game may be given away is if people have open conversations about photos they have received but have been hidden from other friends. 

The idea is people may feel more comfortable sharing some things with just close friends, rather than all followers.

Regular posts would still appear to everyone, though users have the option of pre-approving followers. 

Facebook already lets people narrow audiences for individual posts, but the Facebook-owned Instagram hasn't.

Social-media companies are quickly learning that bigger audience sizes for users can mean a reluctance to share more personal information.

So, they are adding ways to communicate with smaller groups. This is why Facebook is beefing up its Groups feature, and why messaging apps are so popular.

Robby Stein, product director at Instagram, said the feature took more than a year to complete. It starts rolling out to users Friday.

'If you're on someone's close friends list, you'll see a green ring around their photo in the Stories tray and a green badge when you're viewing their stories,' Instagram said in a statement.

The idea behind the new feature is that people may feel more comfortable sharing some things with just close friends, rather than all followers (stock image)

Facebook has been focusing on Instagram, its fastest-growing revenue generator, as the social networking website's core platform has come under fire from regulators.

They are pushing to improve information safeguards for individual privacy, to combat addiction to social media, and to stop misinformation or fake news.

In October, Instagram appointed long-term insider Adam Mosseri as the head of the photo-sharing app following the high-profile exits of the photo-sharing app's co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.

Rival Snap Inc owner of Snapchat, which faces stiff competition from Instagram has been redesigning the app to lure more users and advertisers. 

Snap also bagged a $250 million (£195m) investment from Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal as it shifted toward a self-serve model for advertisers.

WHAT IS INSTAGRAM DOING TO CRACK DOWN ON FAKE ACCOUNTS?

Instagram has launched a crackdown on fake accounts, introducing a new feature showing users information about who is really behind a username.

The Photo-sharing app' more than 1 billion users will now be able to evaluate the authenticity of accounts, weeks after parent Facebook rolled out similar measures in a bid to weed out fake accounts on its social media platform.

The 'About This Account' feature will allow users to see the advertisements an account is running, the country where the account is located, username changes in the past year as well as other details.

To learn more about an account, go to their Profile, tap the … menu and then select 'About This Account.' 

There, you will see the date the account joined Instagram, the country where the account is located, accounts with shared followers, any username changes in the last year and any ads the account is currently running. 

Instagram also plans to significantly boost the number of verified accounts for public figures, celebrities, and global brands. 

Along with the account username, applicants will need to provide full real names and a copy of legal or business identification.

Instagram also said it will allow the use of third-party apps such as DUO Mobile and Google Authenticator for two-factor authentication to help users securely log in to their accounts.

 

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The new feature will appear on the user’s profile in the side menu enables Instagram’s more than one billion users.
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