Friends

Following

Following someone on ohm is the same follow that Bluesky uses, kept in your own account. Someone you follow on Bluesky is followed here, and following someone here shows on Bluesky.

Following a person brings their public posts to you.

Becoming friends

When someone you follow follows you back, you are friends. There is no request to accept. The follow-back button says what it grants before you press it.

What friends can read

• Your posts marked friends, in the version you last published.
• Your public posts, like everyone else.

They never see your private posts, or a friends post you have edited and not published again.

Only people on ohm can read friends posts at all.

The first time you share with friends

You may have followed people on Bluesky long before friends posts existed. Before your first friends post is shared, you see the list of people who would be able to read it, and you can remove anyone from it.

Ending a friendship

If either of you unfollows, the friendship ends at once. That cuts access from then on. It does not take back what was already read.

What is visible to others

Who follows whom is public, as it is on Bluesky. That is what lets an agent see a route to someone: you do not know her, but a friend of yours does.