Can you stop someone from following you

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In summary, there is no way to remove someone from your followers list or to approve of members following you. The purpose of following someone is to easily find their content and there are no alerts for when a member you are following posts something.
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Is there any way you can eliminate someone from your 'followers' list? Apparently setting the 'ignore' option for that user won't work.

And 1 more thing: if a member is (username/IP) banned, how can you tell? In vbulletin there was a way to tell that.
 
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dextercioby said:
Is there any way you can eliminate someone from your 'followers' list? Apparently setting the 'ignore' option for that user won't work.
Just unfollow them here
https://www.physicsforums.com/account/following
 
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No, Greg, it's the other way around. He's following me. He appears in my "followers" list and I want that user out. :D
 
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dextercioby said:
And 1 more thing: if a member is (username/IP) banned, how can you tell? In vbulletin there was a way to tell that.

Their username has a strikeout

dextercioby said:
No, Greg, it's the other way around. He's following me. He appears in my "followers" list and I want that user out. :D

Members following you won't be listed in the link I provided. Where are you seeing this list? A different question is what difference does it make to you if someone follows you? :)
 
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I think I understand. There is no method of removing a follower. What is the point?
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
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Members following you won't be listed in the link I provided. Where are you seeing this list? [...]

Here:
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Greg Bernhardt said:
[...]A different question is what difference does it make to you if someone follows you? :)

I want to somehow approve of users following me, if it's not too much to ask. :)
 
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dextercioby said:
I want to somehow approve of users following me, if it's not too much to ask.
There is no function for this. What does it matter who follows you? All that happens is your username is highlighted in the online list and your posts are listed in their News Feed.
 
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I thought it was meant to replicate social media (if someone 'friends' you on FB you can ignore his/her request), but it's not. So ok, I'll drop it.
Thanks.
 
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dextercioby said:
I thought it was meant to replicate social media (if someone 'friends' you on FB you can ignore his/her request), but it's not. So ok, I'll drop it.
Thanks.
It's just a way of communicating "hey, I find your posts interesting and I'd like a little bit easier way of finding your content" :)
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
It's just a way of communicating "hey, I find your posts interesting and I'd like a little bit easier way of finding your content" :)
Do we actually get alerts when the members we are following post something ?
 
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No alert, but an entry shows up in the "Your news feed" section linked from "My PF" at the top of the page.
 
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Monsterboy said:
Do we actually get alerts when the members we are following post something ?
No, as Nug said, but the member will receive an alert that you are following them
 

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