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People, Friends & Following

Discover neighbors, send friend requests, and follow people.

What it is

  • People helps you discover neighbors, manage friend requests, and see who you follow.
  • Friends are mutual connections. Following is one-way — you can follow someone to see more of their public posts without becoming friends.

How to use it

  • Open People. Use Discover, Friends, Requests, Following, and Followers tabs.
  • Send a friend request from Discover or a profile. Accept or decline from Requests. Cancel an outgoing request before it is accepted.
  • People You May Know suggestions: dismiss (X) hides a suggestion. Dismissals stick.
  • Block or Report from the person’s profile relationship menu — not from discovery cards.

What happens next

  • When someone accepts your friend request, you become Friends. Following does not require acceptance.

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