Following and blocking users
daily.dev lets you control which developers you want to hear from and which ones you do not.
These controls affect your experience across the app, including your Following feed,
notifications, and how much content from specific people appears in your daily.dev experience.
Follow a user
Following a user tells daily.dev you want to see more from that developer.
When you follow someone, you can get:
- Their posts in your Following feed
- Follow-related notifications, depending on your settings
- A cleaner signal for the types of developers and conversations you want to keep up with
Common places to follow someone:
- Their profile page
- Author cards on posts
- Search and discovery surfaces
Unfollow a user
If a user is no longer relevant to your interests, you can unfollow them at any time.
Unfollowing stops that person from contributing to your Following feed and removes them from your
active follow list.
Block a user
Blocking is a stronger preference than unfollowing.
Use blocking when you do not want content or interactions from a specific user to shape your
experience.
Blocking can help you:
- Remove a user from your content experience
- Reduce unwanted interactions
- Keep your feed focused on the people you want to hear from
Where to manage these controls
User follow and block controls are available from user-facing surfaces such as profile actions and
content cards.
UI references:
- Follow state:
FolloworFollowing - Remove state:
UnfolloworRemove - Block action: user-level block controls in profile or content actions
How this connects to other feed settings
Following or blocking users works alongside other personalization tools:
Together, these settings let you tune both what topics you see and whose content you see.
Notifications for followed people and sources
daily.dev also provides follow-based notification controls, including settings for:
- Sources you follow
- Users you follow
- Collections you follow
- Poll results and reminder-related updates