Currently, a large number of applications and platforms have been developed focused solely on the field of social networks , so if you want to start sharing some information about yourself or about a specific activity, you will have a wide variety of application options for choose .
Today’s social media applications are used for any kind of thing , either only as a means of entertainment, to share tips or even they are also widely used for the workplace , since it can be used to expand a business. For this and many other things we can use them, the most popular and most used application for this is the Instagram application .
Since its inception in 2010, the Instagram platform managed to become a popular application and one of the most used by the community, with more than 100 million active users on its platforms in 2012, due to its comfortable design and innovative features it had to allow users to share images and videos.
Over time and after being bought by the Facebook giant, the Instagram application managed to develop new functions and options by incorporating them throughout its updates, one of the most used is the option to share Stories
What are Instagram Stories and how are they used?
Instagram Stories are an option on the same platform to be able to share images and videos and that in turn you can add music , which unlike normal publications, these are temporary content that will be available for your followers to see for a period of time 24hrs.
After the end of this period, the content will simply disappear for users , however you will be able to re-share the same image or video by placing it on your profile as a “featured story” where it will remain permanently or until you decide to delete it.
There is a way for the Stories that you upload on the Instagram platform to be seen only by a certain group of people who follow your account, for this there is the option of best friends.
How to post Stories on instagram only for my best friends list
The best friends function on Instagram is a tool that the platform offers to create a list in which you will be able to add or remove the people you want so that they can see certain photos and videos that you post on Instagram stories.
This option can be a great alternative on occasions when you want to upload a video or photo that you only want certain people in your group of friends to see, if you want to start using it, then we will show you how to do it:
- The first thing you should do is access the instagram application from your smartphone and access the settings option by clicking on the icon with the three horizontal lines
- Select the “best friends” option within the Instagram settings
- A page will appear with the description of this function, press start to start using this function
- Click on the add button to start adding the users you want
- In case you want to remove the users you added, simply click on remove and select the users you want to remove
- And ready! you will have created your list of best friends on Instagram
Instagram Stories have also managed to achieve a certain fame due to the “filter” tools that the platform has developed
These filters can be simple color modifiers to make the image look better, or also due to the facial recognition system that it has, we can use it to change our faces or apply fun effects on the same image or video.
How to use filters in Instagram Stories
In order to start using the filters in Instagram stories, you must first have the Instagram application updated to its latest version to access these functions, you can do it directly from the Google Play Store application.
After that, go to the stories section to start taking a photo or recording a video, to start using filters drag the capture button to the left side to access the default Instagram filters, press the one you want and start recording or taking photos.
