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I did a search but couldn’t find if this has been addressed before. I’d like to make it so members can “follow” another, instead of “friend” someone. It would do the exact same thing as friending them, except the other person would not necessarily have to friend you back. Is there a way to do this? I guess easiest would be to auto-accept friend requests without needing permission, and then to only have them affect the requester? Any ideas?