How to subscribe to a person on VKontakte

Who are the subscribers in Contact on the page?

Previously, in order to somehow contact an interesting person, the user could only send him a friend request. If this application was rejected, communication became impossible. As far as everyone knows, many celebrities from the world of sports, show business, cinema and other public spheres have accounts on VK. Many people are interested in following their lives, looking at photos, commenting on news, etc. At the same time, this person cannot add as friends everyone who wants to watch his content. That is why the “subscriber” status appeared in VK.

Who are VKontakte subscribers on the page of an individual or an entire public? Essentially, these are observers who see posts and photos of someone they follow in their news feeds. Let's find out what a subscriber in VKontakte means and what actions he can perform on his idol's page:

Send private messages;
See the news;
Like, leave comments, repost;
View the wall (if the user did not manage to close it);
See lists of friends and groups (if they are open);
View photos.

At the same time, the subscriber’s capabilities are limited by privacy settings, which, in turn, allow a person’s friends much more. To explain in simple words, even if you managed to follow a person, you are still a stranger to him. He won't even receive an add request, just a notification that you were able to subscribe. A subscriber is an outside guest of the page who sees your news in his feed. He has as many opportunities to contact you as any person from VK who is not your friend.

How to become a subscriber of an individual on VK

We found out what subscribers are on VKontakte, but we explained it using the example of celebrity profiles. You may have the impression that in VK subscriptions exist on the same principle as, for example, in Instagram. This is not entirely true. Subscriptions here are interesting not only to famous people, but also to ordinary users. You can get here by accident and not even know it.

So, how to subscribe or how people get into the category of subscribers, let's find out.

If the friend request was rejected

If you offer a person friendship, he has the right to disagree. In this case, he will have to press the “Keep as subscribers” button. Thus, you will automatically migrate the list of its observers. You won't know about this unless you go to his profile and see that the friend request was not satisfied.

Subscribing to a profile is impossible if you are blacklisted there.

If you have been removed from the list of friends on VK

After being removed from the list of friends, the user automatically becomes a subscriber. The condition applies if it was he who submitted the friend request. Otherwise, to follow, submit the friend request again and wait until the person selects “Keep as followers” (“Reject request”).

We told you how to become a subscriber on VKontakte if you can’t add yourself as a friend. Let’s summarize once again what needs to be done both on the computer and on the phone:

Go to the person’s page on VK;
Press the “Add as friends” button;

You are waiting for an answer. Even if the request is accepted, you will become a friend, and this is even cooler.

To see who you managed to follow, do the following:

Go to your VK profile;
Go to the "Friends" section;

On the right there is a subsection “Applications”;
You need Outbox.

These are the people you managed to subscribe to, willingly or unwillingly.

Through the “Subscribe” button instead of “Add as friend”

If a person has set the “Subscribe” button through the settings, anyone can click on it and easily become his subscriber.

How to make a “Subscribe” button on VKontakte, let’s study the instructions:

Go to your VK profile and find the small avatar at the top right of the screen;
Select "Settings";

You need the "Privacy" block;

Scroll the page to the item “Contact me”;
Find the field “What applications are notified about”;

Now all users who do not have common contacts with you will see a “Follow” button on your page instead of the “Add as a friend” button. If there are common pages, then a person will be able to send a friend request.

The following actions can also be performed from a mobile phone:
Launch the application and click on the three bars to go to the menu;

How to become a subscriber on social networks

There are three ways to become a subscriber:

Subscribe to your account yourself . This is enough to follow public posts on a topic of interest. Apply as a friend . Until the application is reviewed or if it is rejected, the person automatically becomes a subscriber. Apply as a friend, be accepted, and then unfriended . In this case, the ex-friend remains a subscriber. But if everything was the other way around, and the person was removed from friends by the one who once knocked on the door, then the connection between users is completely broken, no one is listed as a subscriber anymore.

Non-friend subscribers have limited interaction functionality. So, they don’t see the content of the private profile (but their friends see it) and don’t see the posts, oh. But public publications are open to them and they can interact with them - like, comment, repost as much as they like.

How to subscribe to a community

We told you how to subscribe to an individual person’s page in Contact, then we will find out how to subscribe to a group or public page:

Go to the community you like;
Find the “Join Group” button on the right side of the central page;

That's all, you have managed to subscribe to updates from this community;
If this is not a group, but a public page, instead of the “Join” button you will see “Subscribe”.

Feel free to press and it’s done.

Well, we have found out what it means to subscribe in VKontakte - to become an observer, to show one-sided interest in a page. For you, this status means absolutely nothing, except that you are not a full-fledged friend of a person.

On the other hand, for promoting a page, the number of subscribers is very important - after all, the more there are, the more popular the profile. The sooner it will be possible to monetize it and attract advertisers. Well, that's all, the material has come to an end. Now you know how to subscribe to the page of a person or group you are interested in. Don't lose important contacts and stay up to date with all their updates!

How to prevent following

Unfortunately, there is no such function in Odnoklassniki yet. All you can do is close your profile and thus prevent any followers from seeing your feed updates. If this suits you, then see how to close your profile correctly:

In the upper right corner of your OK page, click on the small arrow next to your avatar and select the settings item in the menu that opens.

In the left side menu, more precisely at the very bottom, select the close profile option.

We confirm our intention by clicking on the button that will appear immediately.

Since this service is paid, you will be asked to pay for it. Naturally, in order to do this, you initially need to top up your account.

All the same, of course, for a mobile phone. And it makes no difference whether we use a proprietary application or a mobile version of the site.

Considering the cost of a private profile (about 20 rubles), you can safely spend this amount and forever forget about the obsessive subscribers who constantly spy on you on Odnoklassniki. Moreover, you pay once for this service and it extends forever.

Subscribe to a person on VKontakte

To begin with, you should immediately pay attention to the fact that the subscription process is available to absolutely any owner of a personal page. Moreover, within the VK social network, this functionality has a close connection with tools designed for friendship with other users.

In total, VK.com offers two types of subscription, each of which has advantages and disadvantages. Also, the choice of the type of subscription to another person depends on the initial reason that led to such a need.

Since you are directly interacting with another person's personal profile during the subscription process, that user can easily undo any actions you have taken.

Before proceeding with the main instructions, please note that in order to subscribe to a person on VKontakte, you do not need to meet the following requirements, depending on the type of subscription:

not be on the user's black list;
not be on the user's friends list.

Be that as it may, only the first rule is mandatory, while the additional one will still be violated.

How to subscribe to the page of a person or community on VKontakte

Hello, friends! There are many interesting users and famous people registered on the VKontakte social network who regularly share photos, videos, and thoughts with their friends and subscribers. And, let’s say, you accidentally came across a similar profile, and how to make sure that all the news of this person is shown in your news feed? Or maybe you liked the posts of some community?

Now let’s look at how to subscribe to a VKontakte user’s page or group so that you can follow their updates in your news feed.

If you don’t want a person to find out that you are subscribed to him, but at the same time it’s very interesting to look at his page, then you can add the user to your VKontakte bookmarks.

How to unsubscribe

Another point that people are very interested in is unsubscribing. Let's take a look at how it works on smartphones, PCs or laptops.

We work with PC

If you are someone's subscriber and want to unsubscribe, follow these steps:

Initially, again, go to your OK page and, using the top menu, open the list of friends.

Next, on the left side of the screen, click on the “My subscriptions” link.

A list of people you follow will appear at the top of the screen. To unsubscribe, simply hover your mouse over the person’s photo and select the item marked in the screenshot below from the context menu.

As a result, the site will ask you to confirm your intention and once you do this, your subscription will be cancelled.

On Android or iPhone

On a mobile phone, we can use a special application downloaded from Google Play Market for Android or software for an Apple phone that runs on iOS. In the second case, instead of the Play Market, we will have to use the AppStore. So, to unfollow a person on the phone, we do this:

We go to the page of the user we are interested in and, if we have requested friendship with him, we see an active button to add as a friend.

All we have to do is click the same button and confirm the unsubscribe.

We took the screenshots from the Android operating system, but on iOS everything looks about the same.

How to subscribe to a friend's page on VK

To follow a friend or a complete stranger, go to his page and click on the “Add as a friend” button under his avatar.

After this, the person will receive a notification that you have sent a friend request, and the button will say “You are subscribed.”

If the user accepts your application and adds him to the list of his friends, then the button will say “Your Friends.”

If a person does not want to add you as a friend, he will simply hide the request, but at the same time you will be on his list of subscribers and will be able to watch his updates in the news.

Instead of the “Add as a friend” button, on the user’s page, you can see the “Subscribe” button. Click on it and it will say “You are subscribed.”

In this case, a request for additions will not be sent to this person, but he will see in the notifications that you have become his subscriber, and if he wants, he will subscribe to your page, then you will become “friends”.

If you also want users to subscribe to your page and not send a friend request, then read the article: how to make a Subscribe button on VKontakte.

Subscribe to a user's page

To subscribe to a VK user’s publications, you need to do a few simple steps:

Visit user page.
Under the main profile page, click the “Add as a friend” button.

Subscription completed. Even if a person rejects a friend request, news about his posts will continue to appear in the feed.

Reference. If, when visiting a social network member’s account, under his main photo there is the inscription “Your friends”, and new publications still do not appear in the feed, the function of receiving updates has been disabled. To re-enable it, you need to click on the three dots next to the inscription and select “Show news from (friend’s name).”

You can view all the people you have subscribed to in the “Friends” section, “Friend Requests” subsection. There you need to go to the “Outbox” tab and, if necessary, cancel requests.

Subscribe to group updates

If you liked the VKontakte group, then becoming a subscriber is very simple, provided that the group is open.

Go to its main page and under the cover or avatar, click on the “Join the group” button.

After this, the inscription will change to “You are in a group”, and all the news from this community will be shown in the feed.

If the group is closed, then you need to send a request to join, and if the administrator approves it, you will become a subscriber. If the community is private, then you can join it only by invitation from the administration.

How to become a subscriber to a user or group from your phone

If you use the VKontakte mobile application from your phone or tablet, then you can subscribe to a person as follows.

Go to his main profile page and click “Add as friend” under his avatar.

In the next window, you can enter a message and confirm sending your friend request. And even if the user rejects it, you can still follow his news in your feed.

If a person does not accept the application, then when you go to his page, you will see the “Application sent” button. If he adds it, then there will be a “Friends” button.

To subscribe to a VKontakte community from your phone, go to the main page of the selected group and click on the “Join the Community” button.

If this is not a group, but a Public page, then click the “Subscribe” button.

Now you will see that “You have joined”, or “You are subscribed”, and you can watch all the community news in your feed.

Subscribe to interesting VKontakte pages, then watching the news feed will become much more pleasant, because it will contain the information you are interested in.

Designing a subscription image in Photoshop

After a potential subscriber to your community clicks the Subscribe button in the welcome widget, a new window should appear with additional information. This is implemented through the wiki page. To make it beautiful, let’s make the form in the form of a picture.

In Photoshop, via File – New, set the dimensions for the workpiece. For me, the best option was a picture size of 550x220 px. You set the sizes only at your own request. The rest of the settings are default. See screenshot:

Now fill the transparent background with white. In the left menu, set the main color to white and click on the Fill tool. Clicking on the background makes it white.

In my example, I will put the group logo on the left, and on the right I will add some text and a Subscribe button.

I assume that you have your group’s logo saved on your computer: just drag it with your mouse into an open Photoshop program, and then onto the template. If you need to enlarge or reduce the picture, do it through the Edit – Transform – Scaling function. It is important that the picture does not change its proportions: to do this, first hold down the Shift key on the keyboard.

Once you've added your logo, create a new layer and turn on the Horizontal Text Tool.

In the top panel you will have access to settings for text: font, font size. You can experiment, or follow my example.

Now all that remains is to add the Subscribe button to the template. You can find it through Yandex pictures on the Internet. Copy with the right mouse button and paste into the program using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+V. The size of the button can also be edited using the Transform function. Result:

To intrigue a potential subscriber and capture his attention, you can come up with your own version of the picture. Using Photoshop, you can create similar blanks, both round and square, with different backgrounds and text - whatever your imagination allows you to do.

What does VKontakte subscribers mean?

In this article, we’ll figure out who VKontakte subscribers are, where you can see them, and how they differ from “friends.” In addition to regular friendship, on a social network you can subscribe to the user’s news to stay up to date with his events. This function is often used in relation to celebrities, but it is also quite common among ordinary VK users.

Who are subscribers?

If you want to understand who your subscribers are, you should look at the process from the very beginning. When a user sends a friend request to someone, they automatically become a follower. Then there are two possible scenarios:

The person accepts the request, and the user is moved to friend status.
The application is rejected (or remains in pending mode) and the user continues to be in the subscriber role.

As a subscriber, the user sees a person's updates in his news feed - his publications. However, this status does not give privileges to view information hidden by privacy settings. Only after becoming a friend will you be able to see photos, audio recordings, a list of groups, etc. that are hidden from outside VK members.

How to delete.

Now let's look at one of the most important points. Accordingly, for a PC or smartphone.

On the computer

The last thing we'll cover in today's step-by-step guide is the process of deleting your followers. It works like this:

Click on the “Friends” button, which is located at the very top of our home page.

In the left side menu, select the item with our subscribers.

We move the mouse pointer over the photo of the person we want to delete and select “Block” from the context menu.

After this, this user will no longer be able to remain your subscriber.

As we have already said: it is not yet possible to delete subscribers on Odnoklassniki without blacklisting them.

On the phone

To delete your subscribers in the Odnoklassniki application on your smartphone, you need to take a few simple steps:

Click the main menu button, which is located in the upper left corner of the window.
From the list that opens, select the “Friends” section.
In the top horizontal menu, click on the “Friend Requests” tab.
We go to the page of the user whom we do not want to see in our subscribers.
On the right side of the window, click the button labeled “Other actions.”

Select “More” from the pop-up menu. Next, tap on the item that we noted in the screenshot below.

After this, the user will be instantly blacklisted and, naturally, will no longer be able to be your subscriber.

A subscription differs from a subscriber in that in the first case you subscribe, and in the second, you subscribe.

How to see your subscribers

We figured out what the term “subscribers” means. Now we will provide instructions on how to view them:

On the VKontakte page, use the left menu and go to the “Friends” section.
In the block on the right, click on the “Friend Requests” sub-item. The page that opens has two tabs: Inbox – subscribers of the current account are displayed here. All people on the list once sent a friend request, but it was rejected by the profile owner. They now see page updates based on their privacy settings. Subscribers can be added as friends using the corresponding button under the name. You can only cancel their subscription by adding them to the blacklist.
Outboxes are the pages that the owner of the profile you are using is subscribed to. It’s easy to understand where such subscriptions come from - these are rejected friend requests sent to other VK users. To unsubscribe from a person, just click on the “Cancel request” button, which is located to the right of the name.

Reference. To add a user to the blacklist and thereby cancel his subscription, you should go to the person’s profile, click on the three dots under the avatar and select “Block”.

Method 2 - Invite to the page

If your profile has become very popular, it makes sense to think about moving to a professional level

Before the latest major updates, the social network had the ability to convert a profile into a page. This feature is currently not working.

But you can do the following:⇓

Create a new business page (on the main page, click in the left column “Pages” - “Create”).
If you wish, you can name the public page with your name, just like your personal profile, and indicate the category “Public Figure”.
Now that the page has been created, log in to it and click the “More” button.
Select “invite friends” from the drop-down menu.
The entire friend list from your personal profile will open, click “Select all” or selectively check the boxes next to the names.
You can duplicate invitations in the messenger by checking the box at the bottom of the window.
These people will receive invitations to join the new page, if they accept them, you will have your first followers.

This is awesome ⇓

Important: Until you reach the first 100,000 subscribers, another interesting feature is available to you.

When users leave reactions under your posts, you will be able to view their names. Next to each of them, click the “Invite” button to send them an invitation to put the page about. After 100,000 you will be able to add people as friends.

How to view or delete

Open your profile (by clicking on the avatar icon).
Below the photo, click the "More" button.
Click on the "Friends" line. Next to each name there is a button with three dots. By clicking it, you can remove the person from your friends, unsubscribe them from your updates, add them to your favorites list, or to any other list you create.
Open the "Subscribers" tab. Next to each name there is an “Add” button, with which you can make this person a friend on Facebook.

Important: anyone on your friend list can unsubscribe but remain your friend. You cannot see a list of such people.

What is the difference between friends and followers?

As already mentioned, subscribers see only the user’s updates – his publications on the wall. This means they can't view friends-only albums, group lists, music, or other types of information. Also, with appropriate privacy settings, subscribers will not even be able to write a personal message.

The user's friends have much more rights to view and interact with the profile. Although they may also be limited by certain privacy settings.

After reviewing the information presented, it will become clear who a subscriber is and how he differs from a VKontakte friend. By following the instructions, you will be able to view lists of incoming and outgoing friend requests, which, if rejected, turn into subscriptions.

How is it different from friends?

What does it mean to become a subscriber and how does this status differ from ordinary friends? It is known that initially there was no subscription on the VKontakte social network, and people could only add each other as friends.

After clicking the “Add as a friend” button, the person receives subscriber status until the application is approved. People on the user's friends list have the capabilities and functionality that the user has provided for his friends list. This may concern the following points:

Sending private messages.
View the wall and interact with posts.
Access to personal data.
Access to additional contacts.
Mode for displaying a list of friends, audio and video recordings, a list of publics, etc., etc.

People who received the status in question have the same rights that they had when they first visited the page, that is, they were outside users.

If you remove a person from your friends list like this, he can move to the subscriber category. They will not be subject to privileges available only to the friends list, but all restrictions provided for outside users not included in the friends list will apply.