
SzopGracz
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There it is, next to OP's username.

This is what the button looks like when you're already following that user.

A button also appears on user pages.

Buttons appear only when the page is in "Old Design" mode!
Since the feature was introduced to the mobile app, users who mainly use the browser version were asking for desktop implementation.
Unfortunately, none of the requests were successful so far.
So I decided to take matters into my own hands and made this.
It's not super pretty, it's not complete (no way to manage followed users in one place), but it works.
Firefox add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/imgur-website-follow-users
Chrome extension source code (you can install it, see `READ ME file):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xb1qncypkusvc1n/iwfu_v0.8_chrome_unpacked.zip
Chrome version will not be available through official chrome web store because google wants me to pay before I can publish anything there.
pleasedonotstayhere
THIS IS AMAZING. Thank you!
rajvir
Seemingly took a few hours but it popped up for a User, so I'm now following someone. Thanks for making this feature, it will be useful.
DraxxorT
Thank you. Just found this.
dragonassbabe
how will it show you new posts/comments from your new follow?
SzopGracz
Under the bell icon on top of the page.
SzopGracz
Imgur sends notifications only for "most viral" posts, so it won't notify you about followed user's comments or their newest posts.
frogjg2003
Gives me an error: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'status' of undefined" in function getInfo.
sharxbyte
Looks like manifest version 2 is deprecated, will changing the number to 3 make it viable again"?
madguillotine
That's cool, I get the button on userpages, but are users made aware you're following them?
SzopGracz
No. Users can't check who follows them.
SzopGracz
... at least as far as I know. This uses the built-in follow system so imgur decides stuff like that.
madguillotine
Then I don't think so. I'm not on mobile but I don't believe others are made aware if you follow them. Thanks for the info.
FatalError1337
Doesn't seem to work anymore.
sharxbyte
i'm fucking around with the manifest in GPT since I don't program in javascript. will let you know if I get it working and send OP a link to the fixed code