14 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)
View submission: Safety update on Reddit’s follow feature
No I didnt. I didn't even know there *were* friends.
Edit- and you dont show up on my followers list
Comment by Bardfinn at 14/07/2021 at 19:24 UTC
11 upvotes, 2 direct replies
The "Friends" feature isn't the same as the Follow feature; "Friends" has been on Reddit for ... 8? 10? years and does exactly two things: Show the user's name in a distinctive colour and put their posts on a specific RSS feed / tab for you to peruse. No feedback, no notifications, just a thing which anyone could do with custom CSS and bookmarks ... on a desktop machine.
most of Reddit's users use mobile web / mobile apps now, so Reddit moved with the times.
Comment by poiklers at 14/07/2021 at 18:49 UTC
18 upvotes, 4 direct replies
don't worry, that's a RES feature, not a reddit feature. It's a locally saved friends list that just highlights comments people you have tagged as a friend.
Comment by BlankVerse at 15/07/2021 at 04:56 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Where is the followers list?