Instagram Close Friends Count

See how many friends you really have

Instagram close friends is such a weird feature.

I’m on a few people’s close friends lists, but I don’t remember requesting to be added (and I don’t exactly feel close to the person). This is a bit awkward, but what I find more awkward is I don’t know how many close friends someone has.

Friendships are almost always imperfectly balanced in terms of who is more invested in the relationship. An extreme example of this would be someone only having one person as their “close friend”. This is weird and at that point, you should probably just be DM’ing, but I’m sure someone out there is unknowing the only close friend someone has.

What if Instagram flagged this to the recipient and offered them a way out?

This would create a lot of relational strife. It’s passive-aggressive, would hurt the sender’s feelings, and it’d be really awkward for the single close friends.

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