https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/mz36uf/adding_the_ability_to_view_and_manage_whos/
created by signal on 26/04/2021 at 17:35 UTC
653 upvotes, 162 top-level comments (showing 25)
Hi redditors,
A few years ago, we introduced the ability for people to follow you on Reddit which allows them to see posts you’ve made to your profile on their home feed. As the feature currently exists today, you are only able to see your follower count without additional details around who is following you. We heard your feedback that you'd like to see who's following you and also block individual people from following you.
With the above in mind, we're happy to share some long-awaited updates to how following works on Reddit:
If you block someone, they won’t be able to follow you anymore. If you’ve blocked a follower already, they’ll automatically be removed from your follower list.
With this change, blocked users generally can't tell if they've been blocked. They can still see your profile, but will not be able to follow you or receive updates in their home feed when you post to your profile.
When you visit your profile, you’ll see a link to your follower list. From the follower list, you can see a list of everyone who’s following you, with the most recent follows appearing first. You can follow someone back from your list or visit their profile to take other actions such as blocking or messaging them. You can also search for a specific username within your follower list.
This is in development now and we plan to roll this out to both mobile and web in May. Here’s a sneak peak of what it will look like:
We’ve also heard feedback that some redditors would like to opt-out of letting people follow them altogether. So this functionality will be added during phase two of this rollout, which we plan to ship over the next few months. We will be sure to provide another update once this opt-out setting is available.
We’ll stick around for a while to answer your questions about followers and hear your thoughts and ideas.
Comment by signal at 02/06/2021 at 16:06 UTC*
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Also a few of you have reported that your follower count on profile is larger than the number of users shown in your follower list. This is due to a bug where the follower count on profile includes users who are banned from Reddit. Rest assured these users are no longer following you.
Thanks everyone for your patience.
Comment by MajorParadox at 26/04/2021 at 17:40 UTC
83 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If you block someone, they won’t be able to follow you anymore. If you’ve blocked a follower already, they’ll automatically be removed from your follower list.
With this change, blocked users generally can't tell if they've been blocked. They can still see your profile, but will not be able to follow you or receive updates in their home feed when you post to your profile.
Will it still appear to them they are following you? Or if not following you yet, will it still show them the option, even if it doesn't work? If not, doesn't that give them an easy way to know you blocked them?
Comment by [deleted] at 26/04/2021 at 17:42 UTC
48 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by h0nest_Bender at 26/04/2021 at 22:39 UTC
47 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We’ve also heard feedback that some redditors would like to opt-out of letting people follow them altogether. So this functionality will be added during phase two of this rollout.
Why wasn't that a feature from the very beginning?
Can you PLEASE learn a lesson from this one and make future "features" opt-in from the start? Or at least offer an opt-out function when you release new features? That shouldn't be something we have to beg for and then wait years for you to finally decide to implement it.
LISTEN. TO. YOUR. USERS.
Comment by Watchful1 at 26/04/2021 at 17:41 UTC
43 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Will this functionality be available in the API?
Comment by iamthatis at 26/04/2021 at 18:01 UTC
35 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Will there be an API available for seeing who follows you?
Comment by Porush_Kumar at 26/04/2021 at 17:46 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
when will it go live?
Comment by [deleted] at 26/04/2021 at 18:43 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thank you for adding this
Comment by BandMan69 at 26/04/2021 at 18:56 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Finally i can know who these people are
Comment by kitty-_cat at 26/04/2021 at 21:32 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Does this affect the old reddit 'friends' feature?
Comment by Lalocal4life at 26/04/2021 at 17:52 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I have a feeling several of my stalkers will be disappointed.
Comment by drae- at 28/04/2021 at 15:32 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You know what's a great solution? Not encouraging users to stalk other users.
Comment by Bazzatron at 26/04/2021 at 18:49 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Probably would have preferred you to develop the opt-out first, but baby steps.
Comment by AfiqMustafayev at 26/04/2021 at 20:51 UTC*
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yaaaay, this is one of best updates i have ever seen!
Comment by linusl at 27/04/2021 at 06:18 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
there should be an option to "don’t allow others to follow me".
also, if a blocked user tries to follow someone they should get no different feedback compared to an unblocked user, only the result is different.
Comment by Quack_Quack_Quackers at 26/04/2021 at 17:43 UTC
19 upvotes, 0 direct replies
YES THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ONCE
Comment by 1-760-706-7425 at 26/04/2021 at 18:23 UTC
19 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Took you long enough.
Please, when it comes to privacy / safety matters: no more of this “automatic opt in with no way to opt out” nonsense. It’s super gross.
Comment by Blank-Cheque at 27/04/2021 at 04:28 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
With this change, blocked users generally can't tell if they've been blocked. They can still see your profile, but will not be able to follow you or receive updates in their home feed when you post to your profile.
it sounds like they can very easily tell if they've been blocked
sounds like a neat feature otherwise!
Comment by glitterswirl at 16/05/2021 at 21:35 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Because I still can't see who my followers are, aside from notifications on mobile if someone's followed me in the past week.
Comment by Greenthund3r at 26/04/2021 at 17:54 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Definitely a huge step in the right direction!
Comment by TheRobotics5 at 26/04/2021 at 18:01 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Is there a way to search, or do I have to scroll through all of them?
Comment by dtn_06 at 30/04/2021 at 18:31 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
When in May is the feature to view and manage followers coming out?
Comment by [deleted] at 23/06/2021 at 16:44 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I blocked everyone on my follow list but still have 3 listed. Is this a bug? Any timeline for the opt-out on desktop?
Comment by mokiboki at 26/04/2021 at 17:41 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
AMAZING! Thank you!!
Comment by [deleted] at 26/04/2021 at 18:11 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Oh thank god
