In plain English
It restricts viewing to the group of people who have a friend connection with you on that social network. People who are not connected to you as friends are outside that audience.
In context
Here, "Friends only" labels the visibility choice where the content is visible only to people who are connected to you as friends on the social network.
- Situation
- Creating posts, drafts, stories, tags, mentions, visibility, and moderation states
- What it communicates
- labels the visibility option limited to friends
Meaning limits
This term by itself does not define what counts as a friend connection, because that can vary across social networks.
Examples
“After posting the baby pictures, she kept the album Friends only, so only people connected to her as friends on the network could view it.”
“Before you upload the party photos, switch the audience to Friends only.”