"Close Friends Only" is an original work by Sampson the Artist for the 'Started in the DM' book about finding love online. Authors Dawn Dickson-Akpoghene and Frederick Akpoghene share their story of meeting on Instagram in the DM and do's + don'ts for online dating.

Keeping your love interest off of your social media is good in the beginning in order to give your relationship time to grow. If you are dying to spread the word about your 'new bae' consider sharing it only with close friends. Protect your relationship, keep it sacred.

Instagram even offers a 'close friends' feature that allows you to create a subsection of followers who are given special permission to view private Stories.