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Why do you use Close Friends on Instagram?

Why do you use Close Friends on Instagram?

FromWhy'd You Push That Button?


Why do you use Close Friends on Instagram?

FromWhy'd You Push That Button?

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jul 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Instagram introduced its Close Friends feature, the ability for users to assign followers to a Close Friends list and only post Stories for them, nearly a year ago. At the time, it seemed like an official product response to the user behavior of Finstagrams, or accounts that people created solely to post less-curated, raw material to a select group of friends. On this week’s episode of Why’d You Push That Button?, Kaitlyn Tiffany and Ashley Carman want to know how Close Friends is going. Who’s using it? Why are they using it? Is the Finsta in trouble?
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Released:
Jul 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (46)

Why’d you like that celebrity photo on Instagram? Why’d you leave that restaurant review on Yelp? Why’d you text in lowercase, or turn on read receipts, or share your location? The Verge’s Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany ask the hard, weird, and occasionally dumb questions about how your tiny tech decisions impact your social life.