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Can people see who I'm following on itch.io? Can I hide who I'm following?

A topic by Tzalmavet created Oct 29, 2022 Views: 2,446 Replies: 3
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I've tried googling this question and searching around the infos listed on-site about account privacy, but no luck.  I only ever get results about my followers, not about who I myself am following.  Question is pretty much exactly what the title of this topic says: Can people (logged in or not) see which users and creators I'm following on itch.io?  And if so, can I hide who I'm following?

I'm just a rather shy and private person, and it'd be nice to know whether or not I can hide my "following" list (and if not, if it's a feature that'll be added soon)... it's a nice little privacy thing that a few other sites, like Tumblr, already allow as an option if you want.  When I view my "community profile" here on itch.io, there's a number on the upper right where I can click and see who I'm following; is it available for everyone to click, or is it kind of like my (already pretty private) Steam profile, where some things are only visible to me and not to others?
itch.io already lets me choose to hide my library from public view with as little as ticking a checkbox, so it's logical for it to let users hide who they choose to follow on here, as well.

(+1)

For me, the “following” counter on my profile page is clickable, and the one on your page is not clickable. So I do think you have your privacy.

Moderator(+1)

Can you see who anyone else is following? If not, then they probably can't see who you're following either.

Admin(+3)

It is currently impossible to see who an account follows. In the future, if we ever make this available, there will be an option to disable it. I don’t believe we have any plans to make this available though.

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