Social networks are entertainment platforms that allow us to be in contact with people anywhere in the world. In this sense, Instagram is one of the social applications preferred by millions of users around the world, we owe all this to its great functions and features. The updates made to it help to improve your system and bring new experiences to your users.
That said, you may have noticed a new feature, and it’s a green circle that appears in stories. So, you may be wondering what it means when the color green appears in the stories, and a lot has to do with the abbreviation CF. Keep reading carefully because we will explain what the CF abbreviation means within Instagram and in what cases you can use it.
Where does the abbreviation CF that appears on Instagram come from?
If you are a frequent user of Instagram, you may notice the changes that are made to this platform, and one of those changes has to do with the green color that appears by default in the stories of this social network. But, what is the reason or the origin for the creators of Instagram to establish this new function?
The truth is that when you see the stories you realize that the circle is shown in different colors, like those of the rainbow, among them, the color green. The truth is that this update appeared in 2020, specifically in June of that year, in honor of the LGBT community, which mentions the colors of its flag.
So when you see this circle with the variety of colors in your stories, it is because Instagram honors all the members who belong to that community. However, the green color also appears separately, so what does that mean?
This happens because you’re on someone’s Best Friends list on Instagram, which is also associated with the CF abbreviation, and this is what we want to talk about. So if you want to know what it means and the ways you can use it, read the segments below.
What does the preview CF mean on Instagram?
The abbreviation CF within Instagram for its acronym in English “Close Friends” (best friends or close friends in Spanish) refers to the configuration of a story in order to make it more private. What this abbreviation means within Instagram stories and when it appears in writing is explained in more detail below. For this reason, if you want to learn how to use it, pay close attention to the following aspects.
Posting an Instagram Story
When we see that the green color appears around the circle in a friend’s story, it means that you are a member of their Close Friends list. The good thing is that this feature has the option to leave someone’s best friends list if you no longer want to be on it.
In a nutshell, this setting allows you to keep your stories private in order to select a few friends to see your posts. This function is very useful in case you have a large number of followers and you want to prevent all of them from seeing the content you upload.
Also, it makes it easy to send your multimedia files, since instead of selecting a friend individually you can create a list with your closest friends in order to save yourself the trouble of doing it one by one. However, the CF abbreviation on Instagram has other meanings and different ways of using it, discover what it means when it appears in writing.
When it appears in written form
On the other hand, when we see the abbreviation CF in written form within Instagram it has different meanings, quite the opposite of when we see posts in stories. These acronyms are often used to place them in usernames, in descriptions and in hashtags.
First of all, the acronym CF is a synonym for Fan Club, and is used to differentiate it from official accounts on social networks such as Instagram. For example, maluma.cf, in this first case, we know that it is an account of fanatical members of the singer Maluma, but not his official account.
In addition to that, it can be used to refer to everything that has to do with sports, for example, Crossfit, taking this case into account, you can use #cf hashtags in publications related to it. Speaking of sport, the acronym CF on Instagram also stands for Club de Football and is used to use it in usernames, descriptions and to make it clear what type of account it is. For example, barcelona_cf.
How can you choose Close Friends in an Instagram story?
Now that you know about Instagram’s Close Friends feature, it’s time to learn how to choose your close friends in stories, but first it’s important to create your own list. The first thing to do is open the Instagram application and click on your profile photo that appears in the lower right corner of your device screen.
Then, by clicking on your username, click on “Close Friends”, after which a window will appear where you must click on the “Start” option, after that it will take you to a list with suggestions of friends to add, after select them click on “Create list”, by doing so you will see your created list of Best friends.
On the other hand, if in the future you want to add new members, click on the upper right and place the name of the person and click on the + icon, on the contrary, to remove someone click on the – icon. You can also upload your stories on the Instagram website if you use the desktop version.