# app.standard-reader.graph.follow

> Published by [standard-reader.app](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:f4os2wz5fjl56xpwcvtnqu7m)

✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

## Links

- [View on Lexicon Garden](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:f4os2wz5fjl56xpwcvtnqu7m/app.standard-reader.graph.follow)
- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:f4os2wz5fjl56xpwcvtnqu7m/app.standard-reader.graph.follow/docs)
- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:f4os2wz5fjl56xpwcvtnqu7m/app.standard-reader.graph.follow/examples)

## Definitions

### `app.standard-reader.graph.follow`

**Type**: `record`

Follows another user (a DID, not a publication). Presence of the record means followed; deleting it unfollows. The rkey is derived from the subject DID so each followed user maps to a single record. A followed user's recommends and documents enrich the reader's home feed.

**Key**: `any`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `subject` | `string` (did) | Yes | DID of the user being followed. |
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes | When the reader followed the user. |
| `excludedPublications` | `array` | No | Publications owned by the followed user that the reader has explicitly opted out of (following a user subscribes to all their publications except these). AT URIs of site.standard.publication records. |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "app.standard-reader.graph.follow",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "any",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "subject",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "subject": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "did",
            "description": "DID of the user being followed."
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "When the reader followed the user."
          },
          "excludedPublications": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "at-uri"
            },
            "maxLength": 1000,
            "description": "Publications owned by the followed user that the reader has explicitly opted out of (following a user subscribes to all their publications except these). AT URIs of site.standard.publication records."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Follows another user (a DID, not a publication). Presence of the record means followed; deleting it unfollows. The rkey is derived from the subject DID so each followed user maps to a single record. A followed user's recommends and documents enrich the reader's home feed."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```