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View submission: Safety update on Reddit’s follow feature
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 ladfrombrad at 14/07/2021 at 19:28 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
r/friends works just fine in RiF
Comment by Penny_Witchette at 14/07/2021 at 21:26 UTC
-6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
So "befriending" someone is exactly the same as "following" them except they are not notified (which you can opt out of regarding followers already). You still get all your posts and comments scrutinized by literal nazis, not knowing that that's happening is somehow even worse.