Comment by ThaddeusJP on 25/08/2021 at 20:55 UTC

76 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)

View submission: You can now opt-out of being followed

Thanks. (ahem)

Having followers should be *opt in.*

/rant

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Comment by [deleted] at 25/08/2021 at 22:01 UTC

21 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by MajorParadox at 25/08/2021 at 21:55 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I think it should give you the option when creating an account. Explain what it means to get followers right there, because many people don't understand.

Unless you're going to post to your profile (or live stream), there isn't anything to follow. So, if users know that going in and don't plan on doing anything like that, they can decide to turn it off.

Comment by [deleted] at 26/08/2021 at 16:02 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Agreed there, it's such a niche use case for Reddit and really doesn't need to be enabled by default.