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Follow other users and be notified of their ratings and other activities on IMDb

If we just can add our friends like facebook and share our movies and ratings together I think it would be more fun and useful :) And also we can compare our rating history and that would be very good for users :)
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7 years ago

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Can you follow other peoples accounts on IMDB?.

Is there a way for IMDb members to be able to follow other IMDb members? Like, I am looking for a way to have my friends know what I have seen and for myself to see what they are watching too. If this isn’t a feature, I highly recommend it as there isn’t really a place that can offer this.

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7 years ago

I don't care about connecting IMDB to FB or to RL friends.  IMDB is about movies, and I want to read the reviews of people who previously wrote good reviews.  This is not the criterion by which I choose my friends.

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7 years ago

I like this idea. But I do not use Facebook. Rather I would like if you added a "nearby" users feature. So we can find how many users local to us that liked as many movies as I have.  Could be a great conversation starter.

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7 years ago

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Is there a way to see or follow user accounts?.

Is there currently a way to see or follow other users IMDB accounts? I would love a feature to be able to follow my friends & family and see what they've been watching as well as what they've rated it.

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This is what I want. Apparently what people have been wanting for the better part of a decade. And the only thing done? Deleted message boards.

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6 years ago

Seven years and still nothing? Why is it s difficult? Myanimelist website hasn't your fancy design but has managed to implement this feature perfectly! Have a look and add the same feature here pls!
Imdb is the most famous website to keep track of your watched movies and it can't miss this feature

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Company got too big and lazy, I guess. Classic story..

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6 years ago

How can they not implement this feature to the site, I cannot understand. As a film lover I'd like to see what my friends are watching, and if there is a person who doesn't want it, then don't add any friend! I think that it is not compulsory to connect with fb or any social media, user names are enough.

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That may depend upon which "they" we mean. Maybe with enough resources and trust, anything is possible.

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6 years ago

IMDB isn't Facebook, I don't want it to become like a social media.

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6 years ago

This is a great idea, exactly what I want from the site.

Does anyone know, if I can't find these features here where can I find them?

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Hi Dusty Bender,

This is a very popular idea (suggestion). This was suggested 7 years ago. So far IMDb has not implemented this idea.

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I have found several similar suggestions. It's pretty disappointing that nothing has become of it. Seems like a very popular idea. I wonder if another site will come along with that feature.

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Letterboxd has pretty much done exactly what we've been asking for and created a website where we can look up information about films and rate them, with a whole lot of other social features. It's insane to me why IMDb hasn't down this as we've been asking 8 years for it.

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I will definitely check it out. Thanks for letting me know.

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6 years ago

I think Jeff Bezos himself should do something :| . IMDB Staffs won't listen to us obviously.

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Pretty disappointing. How do we contact Jeff? Haha

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3 years ago

1. IMDb already provides us a perfect way to compare ratings between accounts but this feature seems to be a whole lot harder to actually do. 

If I am not mistaken you need to be first signed in to IMDb and then get the other persons url adress to their IMDb account to compare and discuss ratings between each other. My url follows: https://www.imdb.com/user/ur83615375/?ref_=_usr

Note that you can’t search for IMDb accounts on Advanced Search

2. Just imagine for a second that you could skip all the copy paste IMDb-url accounts from discord etc and instead search for specifik usernames through the Advanced Search system by clicking for example "IMDb user" and then search for their username. 

3. Only this would be a whole lot of more fun as pointed out in paragraph 2 but now I would like to present the "dream scenario"

Imagine if you could befriend folks on IMDb and follow their ratings, reviews and so on. 

IMDb´s opportunities when it comes to staying on the site and arguing about cinema, actors and what to watch provides a whole new level to the website. I am not suggesting that you should be able to chat on the site, just be closer to my friends recently watched movies and so on. 

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled IMDb friends

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@ACT_1​ 

But still, almost the same time wasting trouble to search for: 

site:IMDb.com EdwardHedelius

That´s not the main idea to my topic but thanks for another url to use:)

And why do I get merged into a conversation that started 2013 and last response was from 2019. 

My idea is on a doable level and this thread just seems like mashed potatoes. 

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@ACT_1​ 

Amazing, I dedicated so much time and sweat to get my movie interested friends to start rating on IMDb so we can discuss movies. I heard that "Letterboxd" provides what I were suggesting to this company on my freetime but got merged to some old thread from the dinosaur-era as that would do anything. So will probably migrate to "Letterboxd" and never revisit IMDb after five years

Cheers

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Talk about OG, I mean your profile talks for itself, want to message about my horrible reviews or maybe give me a movie tip? 

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@ACT_1​ 

I mean I am truly amazed by your interest in my favorite hobby so what about you give me a 1900´s movie and I provide you with a 2000´s movie that I think you will like, I am currently studying cinematography so would be a fun exchange

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@ACT_1​ 

1. No Country for Old Men (2007) 

Crime, Texas, Drama  

2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 

Adventure, Crime and a touch of comedy 

3. Green Book (2018)

Biography 

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@edwardhedelius1​ There's a bit of a club here amazed with ACT_1. I was honestly suspecting they are a bot way more than I will be comfortable to admit. Turns out that this precision indeed comes from a living human being. 

It puts my memory and data collation skills to shame and I'm a PhD who is routinely nicknamed "Wikipedia". :)

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I've been parsing ACT's uniquely-formatted messages since before the IMDb site-native BBS was retired. This individual is definitely a real human being. I was a bit saddened by the way ACT was required or at the very least pressured into changing the profile picture so as not to include the name "IMDb" in it. For years nobody complained about it, until just a few years ago, right here on the community forum, either on Get Satisfaction or Sprinklr. The concern raised was that newcomers might mistake ACT for an employee of IMDb.

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2 years ago

I know there's a follow option here at the IMDb community site, but why isn't there one at the main IMDb site? Could you not merge this site's functions with your main IMDb site's functions? Or if you can't merge sites, could you please introduce a similar follow option there? 

A follow option at the main site would be useful for users to follow the reviews of people whose reviews they enjoy reading and would like to see more of in future. At the moment, there's no structural way of us doing that. It would also enable us to follow the lists of people whose reviews and ratings closely match our own, so that we have solid recommendations from people with similar tastes. You already have the functionality to show us how closely another person's ratings match our own, so it seems a shame to waste that data by not enabling us to follow those users.

Please consider. Thank you

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Introduction of a follow option at the main IMDb site

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2 years ago

Most forums allow accounts to follow other accounts; this would be a capital idea for both GS and IMDb!  
If there's anyone on IMDb whose ratings/reviews you like you can give them a follow and be notified when they post something new.  Same for GS!
Just an idea.  Thanks.  :)
Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Idea: Allow Users to "Follow" Other Users

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Ignore the trolls!  I won't them stop me.  If we're always worried about trolls, we would never have any fun.

We could also have some "rules"; like if someone has an account they need to agree to post a certain amount of reviews, maybe, or perhaps have them answer some questions before signing up?  I dunno, something like that to weed out the bots or fakers.

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Aww, I'm flattered.  :)  That would be convenient.

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LOL, I don't even know what Discord is.  xD

But I will say that I'm on another website that is 99% teenagers/tweens, and although most of them are nice, I actually enjoy communicating with GS folks better.  ;)

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I would definitely join an IMDB discord server.  I've never found a real TV discord community.

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I actually joined Discord yesterday for other purposes...
Barbara Ann, if you link it up, I'd take a look at it.  :)

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Web-based discord at least uses HTTPS right?

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I don't think that get satisfaction has this possibility.

However, It would be nice to have this option on IMDb. 

For example:

Gets notification when a review is posted by the user that you follow (I know that SensCritique (only in french) is already doing this.)

Gets notification if one of his polls goes live

Gets a notification when the user creates a new public list

Gets a notification when the user rates a new title.

Of course, you would be able to sort your notifications. You wouldn't be getting a notification for every rating if you didn't want to.




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Yeah, I think so... I just got Discord online... I'm not gonna mess with downloading anything, lol.

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I would love this for reviews. Letterboxd does it, and it's very helpful to find actual reviews I want to read.  Right now, if there's a reviewer whose reviews I like, they either need be prolific (to be fair, a feature I like that IMDb has and Letterboxd doesn't) or I'd need to bookmark their page, otherwise I might as well forget them.

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? ?
  
You could save some Users Names in a Notepad Text file ...
    
Not an official IMDb list
These are not secret, hidden, or private profiles 
and can be found by any IMDb Registered User or Visitor
Look at a title and read reviews to find User Profile pages
  
MartinHafer
Sun Jun 8 2003
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2467618/
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2467618/ratings   - 23,961 titles
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2467618/reviews - 24,243 Reviews
    
TheLittleSongbird 
Fri Jan 30 2009
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur20552756/
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur20552756/ratings   - 17,337 titles
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur20552756/reviews - 17,350 Reviews
  
bkoganbing 
Sun Jun 15 2003
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2483625/
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2483625/ratings   - 16,664 titles
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2483625/reviews - 16,693 Reviews
  
Michael_Elliott
Sat Nov 25 2006
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur13134536/
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur13134536/ratings   - 11 titles 
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur13134536/reviews - 16,408 Reviews
  
SnoopyStyle
Dec 2003
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2898520/
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2898520/ratings   - 12,380 titles 
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur2898520/reviews - 12,274 Reviews

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Seriously, this is what IMDb needs!

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It seems to work on other sites. Why not give it a try here? Nihil obstat.

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Dusty and Charles:
Thank you for chiming in!  :D

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Anytime.

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I was searching to see if this was an option and found this post. Signed up just so I could upvote this. I would also like to see the ability to follow or bookmark someone else's list.

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@Karen_P 

That is not at all what we are requesting.

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Then, you commented to the wrong post, because I'm reading what you copy/pasted at all.

This is what you commented on:

I was searching to see if this was an option and found this post. Signed up so I could upvote this. I would also like to see the ability to follow or bookmark someone else's list.

I can't see a single mention of "Same for GS". 

You replied to 0/2 of @flyinRyan3000 's post. 

flyinryan3000 was searching if there was an option to follow other users on IMDB and to follow/bookmark their lists, and that is why he signed up to the forum.

He didn't sign up to follow users on GS!!!

Basically, he is asking for 1/2 of what Narnia was asking before Sprinklr. and you posted about the other 1/2.

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Narnia's request: Most forums allow accounts to follow other accounts; this would be a capital idea for both GS and IMDb!  
If there's anyone on IMDb whose ratings/reviews you like you can give them a follow and be notified when they post something new.  Same for GS!
Just an idea.  Thanks.  :)

flyinryan3000's request: I was searching to see if this was an option and found this post. Signed up just so I could upvote this. I would also like to see the ability to follow or bookmark someone else's list.

Narnia flyinryan3000
Follow users on GS (Already implemented due to the switch to sprinklr) Follow users on IMDb
Follow users on IMDb Follow lists on IMDb

flyinryan3000 doesn't wish to follow users on the forum!!! 

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It is not mind-reading, it is simple logic. 

flyinryan3000 said: "I was searching to see if this was an option and found this post. Signed up just so I could upvote this."

1-Flyinryan searches on IMDb to see if he can follow users.

2-He doesn't find answer on the FAQ

3-He goes to the forum

4-He needs an account to ask his question.

5-He creates the account

6-He finds narnia's post

7-He comments on narnia's post

It is pretty obvious that he only wanted to follow IMDb users and not Forum uses, because in his intro, he mentions that he signed-up to the forum. He didn't have an account on the forum before.

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Instead of endlessly insulting each other, less see if flyinryan3000 can precise his request.

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Thank Karen_P and cinephile. Cinephile is correct. I would like to follow IMDb lists to get alerts when they are updated or to easily find them via an IMDb bookmark. Also would be nice to follow users on IMDb (not the forum) when they rate items or create new lists. 

Thanks, both of you for your valuable feedback!

Let me know if I can clarify further

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Why in IMDb we can't follow our friends and when we need rate of a movie ,I want know my friend's opinion or my friend's rate. 

We need have follower such as other social application.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled friends

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I need to know my friend's rate for a movie 

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How we can know our friend's opinion about a specific movie

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Why in my account I can't have friends, and use them .

For example why we can't know our friend's opinion about a specific movie.

And share our list ....

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Having friends in our account

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I'm talking about IMDb account and my rated list

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Why in IMDb account we can't follow our friends and when we need rate of a movie ,I want know my friend's opinion or my friend's rate. 

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Having friends in our IMDb account

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Why in my account I can't have friends, and use them .

For example why we can't know our friend's opinion about a specific movie.

And share our list ....

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Having friends or following or followers in my IMDb account

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Friends or following or followers

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Is there currently a way to follow friends reviews, ratings and lists?  I know you can share a link with people, but beyond that an interface to follow or friend people to have access to their lists, etc, would be great.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Feature to follow friends, etc, to keep up and compare lists and ratings

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I'd like to have a function to befriend other users, so I can find them and see their lists.

My friends use IMDb to compile their watchlist and rate their watched movies.

Sometimes we want to share those lists with each other, but it's too convoluted to even share it.

Why isn't there a function to befriend other users? That way we can easily find each others' profiles.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Make friends with other users

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I am not sure if this request has been raised before (I cannot imagine it has not been), but would you please consider adding a 'follow' or 'favorite' feature which we could use to follow favorite reviewers?  Yes, I know that we are able to bookmark their profiles, but it would be nice if they knew they were followed.  While we're at it, perhaps a "hide" button for those we are not very interested in seeing (ahem ... prolific reviewers who never rate anything higher than a 3; those who use "woke" and "wokeism" ad-nauseum)?  I think these would be great features!  Not as far as reopening the comments section, but a way to connect.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Ability to connect/add/follow others?

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Sorry if this is a double post - it did not seem to post either time, giving me an OTP-Verify message ...

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2 years ago

It would be splendid, and also give a sense of communit, if we could follow other users and also visit their profile through the app. I feel that it would add a lot of value to the user community. 
Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled When will we be able to follow other users?

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Yes, please!

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More community!

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I think it would be a good idea for IMDB to enable a capability where I can share my lists with other account holders that I choose. That way they can see the movies on my watchlist for example and we could know if we want to watch something together. Other things could be specifically shared too like interests when they are added. I can see Reviews are set up so you can show them publicly which is fine, but having a way to share things beyond just a rating number with other accounth holding friends might be something of value as well. 

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Sharing information with Friends

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I was talking to my friend recently, giving them my ratings of movies, and they were like "where do you keep all these ratings", and I mentioned the IMDB app. They said awesome they wanted to make an account and follow mine to view my ratings and watchlist and we realized you cant do that on IMDB. I guess that mechanism is available to Letterboxd users but I don't want to transfer all my ratings  (700+) to that new website. I think IMDB would benefit form more user to user interaction capabilities. You don't need like a newsfeed or anything like that but if people already make accounts, why not allow people to follow each other? 

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Follow other users

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2 years ago

This is going to sound like a rant, but honestly it's more of a wistful lament ...

Back in the day, I was a computer and information nerd so I really appreciate the value of a massive, monolithic, comprehensive database. I really do, in an almost visceral and tactile way. And that's what IMDb is - it's in the name. And I love IMDb: been using it since last century, I namedrop it in discussions about film, it's my first port of call when checking a title or credit, and IMDb ratings (with a pinch of salt) are my gold standard.

But that was back then, and the landscape has changed. The web isn't about computers and data any more: it's about shared experience. And *nothing* is shared in IMDb (except in the sense of public/private).

- Why doesn't it integrate with my social media accounts?

- How do I set up a group of my friends so I can see their ratings, lists and contributions?

- Where do I chat with them about films, or about their reviews (I miss the old public message boards, and now there are so many industry models of how to implement that functionality better, starting with groups)?

- I really don't care what the average rating of a film is for Germany or Canada: I want to see what it is among my friends. That's the best possible indication of whether I'd like it.

- When I open a film, I'd like to see how many of my friends have seen it. And how many have it on their wishlists. Then we could go see it together, or livestream it simultaneously, or just moan about missing it.

- Heck, I don't even seem to be able to set up a list of reviewers/contributors that I want to follow ...

There's no wheel to invent for this stuff - it's common functionality across a host of sites/platforms. So where is it in IMDb? Where's the roadmap? Where are the functional enhancements, rather than the endless tweaking of existing functionality and occasional removal of much loved features (cf message boards, or ratings by age/gender).

And if this kind of stuff is not added, then younger demographics will look elsewhere. They already do, tbh.

The majority of IMDb traffic is quick single-film checks (the *average* visit time is just a couple of minutes) and a lot of that traffic is driven by habit and inertia: people probably believe that more people have rated films on IMDb than on other platforms, even though that hasn't been true for a while. So the current user base may be very broad, but it's also very shallow.

I worry that if IMDb can't get people to stay on the site longer (i.e. to engage with and invest in the platform) then it'll become the web's Encyclopaedia Britannica - everyone's heard of it and it still exists, but hardly anyone actually uses it any more.

So please, start thinking beyond the database. Adding friend groups and giving us a place to see their [combined] ratings, wishlists and contributions would be a great first step (okay, first four steps).

Otherwise in a few years, it'll only be us old people using the platform.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Even basic social functionality PLEASE (a.k.a. why my kids don't use IMDb)

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  • Allow users to connect directly, discuss movie ideas, or collaborate on content.
  • Badges and Ranks: Gamify participation by rewarding badges or ranks to users who contribute quality posts or reviews, such as “Top Reviewer” or “Movie Buff.”
  • Follow Topics and Notifications: Let users follow specific topics, actors, or genres and get notified about new discussions or updates.
  • Highlight Popular Discussions: Showcase trending topics, featured discussions, or recent popular threads to encourage user interaction

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Engagement and Social Features