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@ishanna
Just going over some unanswered topics and I see this one. This following/followers is not native to BP so you must be using a plugin so please provide that info when asking for support and when it regards a third party plugin then the best approach is to approach the plugins author. This forum is mainly for BP issues. 3rd party plugin…[Read more]

@ishanna
Also not trying to sound biased but when you get a membership with BuddyDev you have access to all of the plugins and themes so it is a very good deal.

@ishanna
If you have made a child theme you could use this tutorial and it limits friends to view your profile.
http://wpmu.org/how-to-add-profile-privacy-to-buddypress/
Other than that then you are limited to the premium plugins listed above. I have tried the plugin I recommended and it works.

@ishanna

There is a premium plugin that supports blocking on a per member basis:
BuddyBlock

@ishanna
I recommend:

BuddyPress Profile Visibility Manager

@ishanna

Could your problem be a copy/paste error?

You appear to be using ‘ and ’ – they should all be '