How Does The Follow Feature Work?

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  1. Faye Fox

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    I decided to follow a few that intrigue me with interesting or fun post. I was expecting to see something I could click on to see their recent post, but I cannot find such. What are the benefits of following someone? Thanks.
     
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  2. Bess Barber

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    I never knew the reason either. I go with the 'new posts' option.
     
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    I haven’t followed anyone on this forum but on one I was on I was alerted each time the person I followed posted.

    If anything else, it’s nice to know who the people are who are interested in you because it says on your profile who your followers are.

    Maybe there’s a trophy for having the most followers or maybe it’s a good way to start a movement of some sort. “Workers of the World, Unite!”
     
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    OK @Faye Fox Let's go follow each other. At least we will both have ONE person. :p
     
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    There was a time in my life when I had a whole slew of followers. Ya know how many people work for the IRS? :D
     
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    Already been following you sis! Big sis has got your back.
     
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    @Faye Fox @Bess Barber
    Ah, boy! The nicest ladies will be "ganging up" on the fear-mongers, like me.......this might be like "Heaven or Hell".......

    The latter is the one I've been closest to for a mighty long time, and the former I've had much too little of.......I wish I may, I wish I might,

    Move about near Heaven for just one night!
    Frank
     
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    Be very careful what you wish for Frank!
     
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    Seriously can anyone explain how following works on this forum?
     
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    All that I can see that it does, is show me more specifically who is online. In the little box on the right side, where it says “members online”, the first thing is tells me is “people you follow”, and it shows their avatar.
    Underneath that is the regular list of people who are also online, so even if I am not following someone , I can still see that they are online, but it does not show me their avatar.
    Other than that, I have not noticed that it does anything, but maybe @Ken Anderson can explain how following works ?
     
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    Thank you! That is what I figured out. Maybe just easier to see they are online.

    Another question. Is there anyway to block a follower? I have one that is unidentified and has made no post? I get the feeling, more of a stalker than a follower. However if they can't see anything more than my avatar photo when I am online, then not much to worry about.
     
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    When you click on his empty avatar circle, it shows his name, @Faye Fox , and then you can see his profile. I don’t know if we can block followers or not, that is another question for Ken to address when he reads this thread.
    However, it looks like this person signed up around the end of August and has not been back since the first part of September, so he probably is not someone you have to be concerned about.
    The ignore feature only stops you from seeing another person’s posts, and I am not sure but I think that you might be able to set your profile so that only some people can see it.
    I have never tried to do any of that, so I don’t have much helpful information for you.
     
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  13. Ken Anderson

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    When you are following someone, it makes their posts/likes visible in "Your News Feed," unless they run with their online status invisible, and I am not certain about that last part because I haven't used that feature. If you click into your profile, you'll see an option for "Your News Feed."

    Mostly, in a larger forum, it gives you a list of people who you might feel an affinity for. When someone is new to the forum, it can be hard to keep track of who it was whose posts you have enjoyed, particularly when names are changed, keeping in mind that, on some forums, members are allowed to change their usernames every day if they want to.

    Plus, if you are going to be away from the forum for a few days, you might not want to catch up on everything that was posted by everyone while you were gone, but you can more easily catch up on posts made by people who you are following.

    As far as I am aware, that's about all that it does. It doesn't mean that they are following you home, or driving behind you on the street.

    It is fairly easy to accidentally "follow" someone, especially on a small screen, given that the "follow" button is right next to the "start conversation" button. I don't "follow" anyone because I try to follow everyone yet, from time to time, I will find someone in my follow list.

    You can remove the names of people who you are following but not those of people who are following you.
     
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    @Faye Fox There is another thread where several ladies apparently got a message from a gentleman who was a new member. Maybe he didn't know how to work the site or.............who knows? How much can anyone stalk you on a forum??? :D

    @Frank Sanoica I was reading all your posts even if I wasn't officially following you because I hadn't used that feature. BUT, consider yourself 'followed' as of now. :)
     
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    @Faye Fox

    Aww, sh!t! Now I'M about to be blocked......!
    Frank
     
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