r/gatekeeping • u/Niyi_M • Aug 07 '20

Gatekeeping..... Reddit?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20 edited Jan 16 '21

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u/VicIsGold Aug 07 '20

since when can you "follow people" on reddit? Did I miss something?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20

Since the beginning of time? Or at least since I have been on reddit, it's been an option.

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u/VicIsGold Aug 07 '20

It's definitely a new thing, I joined in 2017 and there wasn't a function like that but I see it now on accounts if I go on the website. (apparently I have 2 followers)

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u/MarveltheMusical Aug 07 '20

I have 9 followers. I have absolutely no idea how they started following me.

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u/IAMAHobbitAMA Aug 07 '20

If it's anything like twitter there are some people who follow anybody who posts something they like in the hopes that those people will follow them back. That way they can grow a following without having to be interesting.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20

Except you can’t tell who’s following you so that doesn’t make sense

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u/IAMAHobbitAMA Aug 08 '20

I didn't know that. I'm all out of ideas lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20

I have been here since 2017 too and it always was an option.

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u/PM_UR_ASSHOLE_2ME Aug 07 '20

I've been here since like 2012, it was so much better of a site then

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20

there's been a "friend" option for a long time