Followers, follow requests and private accounts
Following someone puts their public trips in front of you and lets them share trips with followers. If your account is private, a follow becomes a request you approve or refuse.
How do I follow someone?#
Find them in the Search tab — it searches usernames — and use Follow on their profile.
If their account is public you are following straight away. If it is private the button becomes Requested until they decide.
What does a private account hide?#
Trips set to followers become visible only to followers you have actually accepted, rather than anyone who tapped Follow.
Trips you set to public stay public — private is about who counts as a follower, not a blanket lock. If you want everything hidden, set the trips themselves to only me or specific people.
Where do I approve requests?#
A banner on your profile shows the count, and Settings ▸ Follow requests lists them. Accept or refuse each one.
Refusing does not tell them. They simply stop being requested and can ask again.
What happens if I switch from private to public?#
Every pending request is accepted automatically. Leaving people queued behind a gate you have just removed would be a queue nobody was ever going to look at again.
Going the other way, from public to private, does not remove your existing followers.
What's the difference between unfollowing and blocking?#
Unfollowing just stops their trips reaching your feed. They can still see whatever they could see before.
Blocking cuts visibility in both directions, and the blocked person is not told. See reporting and blocking.