@katzentratschen@mastodon.social
Post #1811940
2026-04-01 19:10 UTC
@imanijoy Ha! 🤩 Just thought about a different approach:
Option D
How about changing the wording of the button to "Follow" / "Follow request" / "You follow" / "Follows you" / "You follow each other". And 🔔 (= Enable notifications) next to it?
If you'd change the wording of the button, there is no need for an additional indicator. And at least in German "Ihr folgt einander" is shorter than "You follow each other". Maybe there's even some space left for another button: "@ Private mention".
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@katzentratschen@mastodon.social 2026-04-01 19:11
@imanijoy (I'm not very fond of looking at a big, fat "Unfollow" button every time I browse a profile page of one of my peeps. Or looking at a looooong list of "Unfollow" buttons in search results. I like following them! Feels like sticking a "Divorce" post-it note on my husband's forehead.)
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@imanijoy@mastodon.social 2026-04-01 19:19
@katzentratschen Good question! That's because labeling the button with its actual action, vs. a status, is a better practice from an accessibility standpoint.