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October 14, 2023
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Unfollow directly from post

  • October 14, 2023
  • 10 replies
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Right now, the way to unfollow a post is to go to My account -> My follows -> look for the post through the whole list (there isn't even a filter/search) -> select it -> Unfollow. This isn't intuitive at all. I had to search the community to find answers to people who had wondered about the same thing before me.

Good UI is in the context of its object. Just like I can sign up to follow a post when I reply to it, I should also be able to easily change my mind. There should be an option on the post itself to unfollow, without needing to find a list somewhere else. And it's a trivial addition - a single button on the post page (the code to unfollow obviously already exists). Thanks in advance!

10 replies

kglad
Community Expert
November 29, 2023

agreed

Known Participant
November 29, 2023

the least useful interface, right behind everything else they do. who is running this place these days?????  thanks for the tip or I would never have found it,

Community Expert
November 20, 2023

The interface changed a couple of months ago without notice. Click your profile icon, then Edit Community profile. Wait a couple of minutes (!) for the page to load then navigate to the Following tab.

rbanks88
Inspiring
November 20, 2023
Mac Safari
kglad
Community Expert
November 20, 2023

i'm probing this.

kglad
Community Expert
November 20, 2023

oh, my error. 

 

something just changed in the last day or so.  the "my follows" is no longer present for me, either.

DannyK.Author
Participating Frequently
November 20, 2023

@kglad Chrome on a Windows laptop or desktop.

DannyK.Author
Participating Frequently
November 20, 2023

@rbanks88 Yes, that's the place. You are right - they changed it. There used to be a "My Follows" entry here too, but it's gone. I don't even know how to get to that list now.

kglad
Community Expert
November 20, 2023

@rbanks88 

 

are you using a desktop (not mobile) browser?

rbanks88
Inspiring
November 20, 2023

When you say "go to My account -> My follows ->", does "go to My account" mean click my avatar in the upper right? When I do, the only choices are:

Manage Account

View community profile

Edit community profile

Help

Sign out

 

Where is "My follows"?

 

Thanks,
Russell