What does it mean to "follow" another avatar?

[Petra Seetan]

What does it mean to "follow" another avatar?  I dont mean walking or flying in world.  Ive had people get messages that I'm following them?  I have no idea what that means?

[LoveAngeL Lyre]

Hello Petra. Please check out the following link:

http://modemworld.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/web-profiles-gain-a-follow-button/

[Griffin Ceawlin]

There's a new "Follow" feature on profiles. Kinda like Facebook's. If you didn't click "Follow" on someone's profile, they should not have gotten that message.

[LoveAngeL Lyre]

See also the following thread:

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Everything-Else/Being-followed-in-email/qaq-p/1097089

[Jahzera Bulloch]

I had someone I don't know do the follow on my second life profile.

I don't like it.

It left a creepy feeling. Like being stalked.

They should have an option to unfollow too.

My SL was small, quite and private. I don't feel like it is now.

This makes me not want to log in.