Guys, My friend whenever mention me on story he will hide my name from others why?

[Anonymous]

He mentions me on instagram story but @ is hidden and he never give any hints of me he will put his wassup status as thank you but will not mention my name

[Novacane]

I mean have you tried asking him? Are you guys just friends or is there something else there? I would say because sometimes if he tags you then the people he follows might try to follow you and if they are guys they will try to message you and I'm sure he doesn't want that to happen