Why does a friend request turn into a follow?

When you receive a Facebook friend request from someone and you either ignore it or delete it, the person sending it automatically becomes a ‘follower’, meaning, they see when you post something new, a photograph, comments and updated bio provided those updates are posted publicly.

When you send a friend request on Facebook and it says following?

Are you referring to the box that says “Following” when viewing another person’s profile? This means that you’re not friends with the person in question, but rather you’re following them. You can see their public updates, but they don’t see anything of yours. You can enable or disable followers of your own account.

Can Facebook automatically follow people?

You automatically follow people who you’re friends with. You can also follow Pages (example: businesses, organizations, brands) and people who aren’t your friend on Facebook but allow everybody to follow them. When you follow someone or a Page, you may see updates from that person or Page in your News Feed.

Why did Facebook make me follow someone?

The “following” feature allows any user with a Facebook account to subscribe to your account so that your public updates show up in their newsfeed, even if you haven’t accepted them as a friend.

When you send a friend request does it automatically follow?

People who send you Facebook friend requests that you ignore or delete will automatically start following you. If you don’t want someone to follow you, you can block them at any time.

What is the difference between follow and following on Facebook?

Finally, as we’ve mentioned, followers are people who have opted to receive updates from a person or page. The important distinction is that “following” is a separate action from the other two relationships. So, you can follow a page you haven’t “liked”, and you can choose to “like” a page and not follow its updates.

How do I turn off auto follow on Facebook?

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Can you tell if someone denies your friend request on Facebook?

Go to the Facebook home screen and click on the friends icon in the upper right hand corner. Then hit “Find Friends.” There you will see all of the people waiting for you to accept their friend requests. But, if you hit the tiny “View Sent Requests” button at the top of the page, you can find out who’s rejected you.