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Will Gendron

Twitter's ‘Close Friends’ feature is a safe space for your cringiest tweets

If you’re active on Twitter there have probably been some posts you either took down shortly after publishing or opted not to send into the digital ether.

The common thread in those situations is likely that the post in question was too, um, niche for public consumption, in which case a limitation on the people who can actually view said post might be useful. Well, after teasing the idea of an alternative feed last summer, Twitter is now officially introducing the option to some users.

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