Want a follow button on desktop? I made it possible. Kinda.

Oct 15, 2018 9:50 PM

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.

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THIS IS AMAZING. Thank you!

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Thank you. Just found this.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

how will it show you new posts/comments from your new follow?

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Under the bell icon on top of the page.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Imgur sends notifications only for "most viral" posts, so it won't notify you about followed user's comments or their newest posts.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Gives me an error: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'status' of undefined" in function getInfo.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Looks like manifest version 2 is deprecated, will changing the number to 3 make it viable again"?

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's cool, I get the button on userpages, but are users made aware you're following them?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No. Users can't check who follows them.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

... at least as far as I know. This uses the built-in follow system so imgur decides stuff like that.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

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.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Doesn't seem to work anymore.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0