Following & Friends

Following

Follow a poet to see their work in your Following tab, and to help For You learn what you enjoy. Following is one-way: they don't have to follow you back. Use the Follow button on their profile, and Unfollow to stop.

Friends

When two people follow each other, they're friends. Friends can see poems a poet has shared with Friends only. A profile that follows you shows a Follows you label, so you can tell at a glance whether it's mutual.

Follow requests

Some poets choose to approve followers first. When you follow them, your request shows as Requested until they accept.

To approve your own followers, turn on Settings › Privacy › Require follow approval. Then:

• You get a notification for each request. A request always names who sent it, so you know who you're approving.
• Open Follow requests (or type it into Jump to…) to Accept or decline.
• If you decline, the person isn't notified.

Turning on approval also means followers-only poems reach only the followers you've approved.

Who can see who you follow

Under Settings › Privacy › Who sees what you do, the Follows row decides who sees, in their activity, the poets you follow and the circles you join. See "Who Sees What You Do".

Being found

Discoverable (in Settings › Privacy and your profile settings) decides whether your profile appears in search results and poet suggestions. Turn it off if you'd rather people found you only through your work or a direct link.

Muting

Mute a poet from the ⋯ menu on their profile. Their poems stop appearing in your feed, and they aren't told. You can still visit their profile. To mute words and phrases rather than people, use Settings › Privacy › Muted Words.

Blocking

Block someone from the ⋯ menu on their profile when you want no contact at all:

• They can't follow you or see your poems.
• You won't see their content in your feed.
• Interaction between you is closed in both directions.

Manage everyone you've blocked under Settings › Privacy › Blocked Users. Unblocking lets them follow you and see your content again.

Cheering a poet

On someone's profile you can Cheer them as a poet, not a specific poem. It's a simple way to say "I'm glad you're here". See "Reacting to Lists, Episodes and Poets".