Instagram starts testing a new tool starting this Wednesday (29). The “close friends” function of stories will receive an update. The idea is to have more control over who will receive your content or not. Starting this week, users will be able to customize the list with the audience of their stories.
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The first change takes place in the name, which becomes “Selected People”. Through the resource, the user will be able to select which followers will receive the content. This can be done with each new publication, without having to save a specific audience.
However, the created list will remain intact until the profile owner decides to add or remove someone from it.
It is worth noting that the test will be exclusive to the Brazilian market. The new feature will be gradually made available to platform users. Both Android and iOS devices will be able to test the tool.
There is still no permission to create multiple different audience lists for stories. The platform also reported that the changes originated from requests from the users themselves.
More changes on Instagram
For some time now, Instagram has been thinking about bringing users' favorite contacts closer together. In addition to the change reported above, the platform must allow “customization” of the algorithm.
The information was given by Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who usually keeps an eye on news on social networks. According to him, users could create a list of favorite friends.
The feature is still being tested by the company and would allow some “control” over the algorithm. The function allows the user to see the publications of favorite friends first.
Alessandro says that he found, in the app's settings, the following message: "Publishing your favorites are shown higher in the feed". Also, the person who was added as a favorite will not receive a notification about it.
The new function is expected to be implemented in the coming weeks. However, initially it should remain in the analysis phase.