On DU4 you can follow a member

[boston bean]

By subscribing to them on their profile. And get alerts when they post. But does that member know you are following them?

I am gonna follow some peeps. Don’t think I am stalking. I just like to read certain posters. But love you all!

[EarlG]

1. The member is not notified

"Subscribe to people" is something that was listed on the DU3 Subscriptions page as "coming soon" for about ten years I think I'm glad we were finally able to get it working.

Just to be clear, it only notifies you when the member you're subscribed to starts a new thread, not when they post a reply.

[GP6971]

3. Many thanks EarlG!!

Answered my question.

[boston bean]

4. I like it!

I can now know if one of my faves started an OP after it falls off-page 1.

[WheelWalker]

5. An outstanding feature.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Just something to think about, on other forums a person is notified when someone "follows" them.

And you can block it. Prevents stalking and harassment situations.

[Hekate]

11. Great -- I can hardly wait to give it a try with my faves ❤️

[GP6971]

2. I wonder if the member

someone is following can accept or decline being followed. I guess we'll see.

[edisdead]

6. I don't care for that feature

also the formatting is off badly sometimes. The thread text areas are 1/8th of the width of the screen making them unreadable.

Needs some serious css work.

Here is what it looks like for me on iphone 13 pro plus using chrome:

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[EarlG]

23. Would you mind posting that in the Bug Reports forum?

It's hard to keep track of these when they get posted all over the site. Here's the forum:

https://du4.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1319

Thanks.

[edisdead]

25. sure thing.

I moght add that have people post the device, OS, and browser when posting bug reports. That may help with the debugging.

[edisdead]

26. Actually I can't

Actually I can’t when O click on start discussion in that forum I get a header with a blank page:

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[EarlG]

27. Interesting

Are you running an adblocker/content blocker?

If so, that’s not an invalid choice— DU4 is not deliberately designed to be unusable for people running ad blockers (in fact it’s designed to respect that choice and hide ad placements gracefully).

That said, if you are running any kind of content blocking extension, that may introduce unpredictable issues. First try tapping the “AA” symbol in your address bar and select “Turn off content blockers” to see if the page loads correctly (doing this will cause ads to appear).

If you’re unwilling to do that, at least tell me the name of the extension so I can look it up and see if it has any known issues. Feel free to send me a DU mail you prefer.

If you’re not using an adblocker, then we have a different problem. Please let me know either way.

[Diamond_Dog]

7. I miss the main categories, topics, and forums on the left side.

[RKP5637]

8. Same here! n/t

[boston bean]

10. They are there just not on a phone. I see them on my ipad. Are u on phone?

[Diamond_Dog]

12. I am on an Ipad

I do not see the list of forums, topics, places, etc. on the left like they were on DU3.

[boston bean]

19. It is there for me on the ipad.

Turn it sideways maybe.

[usonian]

13. I got it on desktop. Must be a screen real-estate issue.

[Dear_Prudence]

14. Trending now?

Is there a tab for Trending Now, which was the top category that popped up on DU3? BTW, thank you to all the folks who worked to get DU4 launched!

[Joinfortmill]

15. 👍

[Scrivener7]

16. That's pretty cool.

I'm sad to see the History of Feminism in the "Retired Forums" category though.

[tinrobot]

17. I don't want people following me.

Can I turn it off?

[2naSalit]

18. Good question.

[Solly Mack]

20. I'm boring, so no worries there for me.

[Polly Hennessey]

22. Now I am intrigued. 😉

[wnylib]

24. I think Earl G said they can only follow the threads that you start,

not your posts.