In plain English
This is a smaller group of contacts chosen by the user. When content is shared with close friends, only that chosen group is the audience for that shared content.
In context
Here, Close friends means that the story is visible to the user-selected list of contacts reserved for content shared only with that group.
- Situation
- Creating posts, drafts, stories, tags, mentions, visibility, and moderation states
- What it communicates
- labels the story visibility option for a smaller chosen list
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say who is on the list, how large it is, or whether different users choose the same contacts.
Examples
“He shared the announcement with Close friends instead of sending it to all his contacts.”
“The birthday story was visible only to her Close friends.”