In plain English
Private accounts do not let everyone start following automatically. This term means one user has asked the account owner to approve them as a follower.
In context
Here, "follow request" names a request that is still awaiting the private account owner's approval for a user to follow that account.
- Situation
- Using messages, follows, connections, groups, communities, and interaction controls
- What it communicates
- Names a pending request to follow a private account.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say whether the owner will approve the request.
Examples
“When Leo tried to follow the private account, a follow request went to the account owner instead.”
“His follow request has been pending for three days.”