Thanks to an inquiry from @eric.kiser, we’ve added a plugin to the forum that allows you to follow other users, list the latest topics involving them and receive notifications when they post.
How To Follow Somebody
It’s really really easy - just click on their name in a thread, and this will pop up:
Haha! No worries, and completely understood. If you post a lot anyway, I probably won’t follow you, I’ll just see you pop up often enough. Because everyone I follow on here are now my news feed In other words, whatever craziness you post, or whatever mood you happen to be in, I’ll be notified And vice versa, with me!
I would think that the feature exists to add to the convenience of the follower, not to please the ego of the followed. So I don’t think you have to explain anything.
When it comes to not wanting to be followed, now there’s another matter. Let’s see how you think about that… there.
It’s not really a problem for me, but I thought I should still report it.
The message for push notifications on the “app” seems to be missing for the follow plugin:
In other words, whatever craziness you post, or whatever mood you happen to be in, I’ll be notified 
And vice versa, with me! 
