@smallcircles Not quite.
Livejournal had "friends" and wow, did that ever lead to some drama.
"Following" is a big improvement on that, purely through being more neutral.
I, for one, do not want anything more expressive, specifically because of this experience.
https://chaosfem.tw/@KatS/113515297392360899
2024-11-20 smallcircles ┃ edited
@KatS
The term that is ultimately chosen doesn't matter that much, as long it matches either the business or application domain of the person that gets to deal with it.
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