following

When I click on a user name there's an option to Follow, but I'm not sure what it does, because when I post to or follow a discussion I get alerted to updates, but I am not seeing any visible indication when a person I've followed has posted. Am I looking in the wrong place to see those kinds...

Hi, I can just about understand in a general sense why someone might want to limit who can see their full profile information. But I also noticed that followers can hide their profiles from those they follow. For example, there are 2 accounts showing as following me but I am unable to see any...