Reddit to Give Users More Options in Managing Their Followers

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Reddit provided a sneak preview of what the ability for Redditors to view and manage their followers will look like.

The platform said the feature will debut in May, adding that when Redditors visit their profiles, a link under their description will show them the number of followers they have and take them to a searchable list of those followers, in order from newest to oldest.

They can then take actions including following someone back, visiting their profile, blocking them or messaging them.

Reddit said it also updated how blocking works so that when a person is blocked, they will lose the ability to follow the Redditor who blocked them and be removed from that Redditor’s follower list.

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