@eatyourglory Yes, apparently.

@bibliolater how and from where?

@eatyourglory Right there next to the follow button...

@bibliolater you mean the icon that looks like wifi?

@eatyourglory Yes.

@bibliolater That is not a subscribe icon. That is an RSS feed icon. Try it.

@eatyourglory On my instance it comes as a subscribe button and yes it is a RSS feed icon.

@bibliolater what happens when you click on it?

@eatyourglory I have just done it. I have become your subscriber. I cannot tell what it is for.

@bibliolater I did not receive any notification about that. Let me make a normal toot.

@eatyourglory @bibliolater it's a qoto feature allowing for receiving updates of public posts without following. it does respect blocks afaik. cc @freemo

@bonifartius

Right its a qoto feature. Similar to using rss but you receive the content right in your feed as notifications. It is privacy respecting.

@eatyourglory @bibliolater

@freemo

if only my instance had these cool features...

cc @bonifartius @bibliolater

@eatyourglory

Only instances running qoto code have our extra features sadly. Most instances dont have it.

We developed it originally to protect our vulnerable members (such as lgbtq) who wish to follow certain risky accounts anonymously (like milos back when he was on here)

@bonifartius @bibliolater

@freemo @bonifartius @eatyourglory Thank you for clearing this matter up for me.

@bibliolater @bonifartius @eatyourglory

Happy to help