Lichess bring back followers!

I was just wondering why can't we see our followers any more

Hello, here you can read the answer from the webmaster:

lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/about-the-lichess-follow-system

"any more"? It's been more than three years!

I@panagiskosmatos said in #1:
> I was just wondering why can't we see our followers any more
I miss them too, I used to always enjoy seeing my follower count on lichess. I am disappointed that @thibault removed the feature but there's nothing that we can do to convince him to add it back.

@Schiffskoch said in #2:
> Hello, here you can read the answer from the webmaster:
>
> lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/about-the-lichess-follow-system
Thanks!

@Cedur216 said in #3:
> "any more"? It's been more than three years!
Well I know but I didn't care about followers back then ...

@DaBoss1999 said in #4:
> I
> I miss them too, I used to always enjoy seeing my follower count on lichess. I am disappointed that @thibault removed the feature but there's nothing that we can do to convince him to add it back.
Yeah...
I feel old realizing that this was 3 years ago

I don't understand it. The fact that I can follow someone is great. These are members that I would like to contact or challenge again. But why should it be important for me to know who follows me or how many?? Does this increase my self-esteem??

It does increase self-esteem, as any internet number. Which is why there always was this spam "follow me and I follow you back" etc.. Which is main reason for removing it I believe.
Isn't a good idea I think. Spam exist anyway (less though), but with teams (hope lichess doesn't come with idea to make number of team members not visible). While knowing number of followers is a good feature.
There is a team lichess.org/team/bring-back-followers for "peaceful protest" to bring it back. Rather an interesting fact not a promotion.