What does following a user do? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Pamasich@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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If I follow a person, not subscribing to a magazine, what does that do for me? Do I see their posts/comments somewhere; if so where?
Also, do boosts factor into that or are they purely to bump stuff up in the algorithm?

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[-] PositiveNoise@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I believe it shows the things they have boosted to you in your timeline. And similarly, if you boost something, it will show up on all your follower's timelines

[-] Pamasich@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

With timeline, do you mean the /subs feed?

[-] Niello@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Just the general feed I think. It's supposed to be compatible wit Mastodon to some degree that's why it's a little unusual.

[-] LostCause@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, I recently acquired a follower and I just boosted like mad cause that‘s what I do, I didn‘t know I might be spamming their timeline with random stuff. Oops!

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