Sent friend request now following
If I friend someone on Facebook and they don't accept, but somehow I'm 'following' them and can see their wall, how does this work?
John Gragson, spends too much time on Facebook
First, a bit about what "following" is: If you "follow" someone, it's kind of like being a fan of a fan page. You may see whatever posts the person chooses to make public (or as the case may be and if applicable, "friends-of-friends") in your News Feed.
Technically, "following" and being someone's friend are not dependent on each other. You can unfollow your own friends and their posts will not show up in your news feed. Or you can follow a non-friend and if they ever make public posts (which of course some people rarely or never do) you might see them in your feed.
The "followee" can change whether or not it's allowed. FB do enable "following" by default, though you can turn it off in your profile settings. If the user hasn't disabled "following" you will see a "follow" button in addition to the "add friend" button on their page. You don't have to have the person's approval to be a follower. You will become a follower of a friend by default (which doesn't change if you're unfriended, I found out). So if you're friends with someone, and they unfriend you, you will become a follower until you unfollow them. However, I don't think that sending a friend request makes you a follower (although it did at one time back about 2010).
As far as what you can see on someone's wall, that's entirely dependent on the privacy settings attached to each post. Even someone who does not allow followers can have their wall wide open with "public" posts.... and if you have friends in common with the person you will see their "friends of friends" posts as well.
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They have set there account settings so that you don't have to be friends to follow them. Following in Facebook is simply a privacy setting. He/she has their privacy set such that anyone can follow them. You can set that such that only friends can follow you. To set this you go to Settings, Account Settings, Followers. Then set to either friends or public. Your friend obviously has it set to public.
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Teddy Burriss, LinkedIn Trainer, Coach, Speaker, Consultant, Ambassador ·
If you send a Friend Request and they have enabled 'Everyone' can follow me, you become a follower, even if they do not accept your Friend Request.
I could not find the Facebook help text on this, however I have experimented with this.
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I don’t mean to be abrupt, but I think it’s not inappropriate in this instance to be so. I dislike Facebook. I find it puerile, self-centered, and intellectually, emotionally, sociologically, philosophically, and psychologically masturbatory.
I think people who are intelligent, educated, and experienced and who have self-confidence and a true sense of themselves do not waste their time on Facebook. In other words, it is a place for truly needy individuals who have nothing better in their lives than to recount and present their mundane lives to an audience who, frankly, don’t give a damn.
Adults simply don’t log on to Facebook. I don’t contend it’s solely for losers, but I think it’s populated to a great extent by able people who lack the self-confidence to do what they want to do without the approval of others. True pioneers in any field don’t need anyone’s support. They know that their goals are worthwhile and they don’t need supporters to confirm their knowledge. Grow up. Facebook is for kids.
John Gragson, spends too much time on Facebook
First, a bit about what "following" is: If you "follow" someone, it's kind of like being a fan of a fan page. You may see whatever posts the person chooses to make public (or as the case may be and if applicable, "friends-of-friends") in your News Feed.
Technically, "following" and being someone's friend are not dependent on each other. You can unfollow your own friends and their posts will not show up in your news feed. Or you can follow a non-friend and if they ever make public posts (which of course some people rarely or never do) you might see them in your feed.
The "followee" can change whether or not it's allowed. FB do enable "following" by default, though you can turn it off in your profile settings. If the user hasn't disabled "following" you will see a "follow" button in addition to the "add friend" button on their page. You don't have to have the person's approval to be a follower. You will become a follower of a friend by default (which doesn't change if you're unfriended, I found out). So if you're friends with someone, and they unfriend you, you will become a follower until you unfollow them. However, I don't think that sending a friend request makes you a follower (although it did at one time back about 2010).
As far as what you can see on someone's wall, that's entirely dependent on the privacy settings attached to each post. Even someone who does not allow followers can have their wall wide open with "public" posts.... and if you have friends in common with the person you will see their "friends of friends" posts as well.
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They have set there account settings so that you don't have to be friends to follow them. Following in Facebook is simply a privacy setting. He/she has their privacy set such that anyone can follow them. You can set that such that only friends can follow you. To set this you go to Settings, Account Settings, Followers. Then set to either friends or public. Your friend obviously has it set to public.
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Teddy Burriss, LinkedIn Trainer, Coach, Speaker, Consultant, Ambassador ·
If you send a Friend Request and they have enabled 'Everyone' can follow me, you become a follower, even if they do not accept your Friend Request.
I could not find the Facebook help text on this, however I have experimented with this.
Your feedback is private.
Is this answer still relevant and up to date?
I don’t mean to be abrupt, but I think it’s not inappropriate in this instance to be so. I dislike Facebook. I find it puerile, self-centered, and intellectually, emotionally, sociologically, philosophically, and psychologically masturbatory.
I think people who are intelligent, educated, and experienced and who have self-confidence and a true sense of themselves do not waste their time on Facebook. In other words, it is a place for truly needy individuals who have nothing better in their lives than to recount and present their mundane lives to an audience who, frankly, don’t give a damn.
Adults simply don’t log on to Facebook. I don’t contend it’s solely for losers, but I think it’s populated to a great extent by able people who lack the self-confidence to do what they want to do without the approval of others. True pioneers in any field don’t need anyone’s support. They know that their goals are worthwhile and they don’t need supporters to confirm their knowledge. Grow up. Facebook is for kids.