What does “F4F” Mean?

kittenslikefood

What does f4f mean?
Could someone tell me?

zafzaf

Follow 4 Follow. it's basically a cheap way of getting follows without trying
It's when a Scratcher asks for a follow from another Scratcher, and in return they get a follow back.

KJRYoshi07

zafzaf wrote:
it's basically a cheap way of getting follows without trying

Couldn't have summed it up better myself

kittenslikefood

zafzaf wrote:
Follow 4 Follow. it's basically a cheap way of getting follows without trying
It's when a Scratcher asks for a follow from another Scratcher, and in return they get a follow back.

Oh it’s follow for follow XD
I hate ‘f4f’ then. No need to cross it out though, its true

kittenslikefood

KJRYoshi07 wrote:
zafzaf wrote:
it's basically a cheap way of getting follows without trying
Couldn't have summed it up better myself

^
XD

kittenslikefood

KJRYoshi07 wrote:
zafzaf wrote:
it's basically a cheap way of getting follows without trying
Couldn't have summed it up better myself

XD ^

frances2005

kittenslikefood wrote:
What does f4f mean?
Could someone tell me?

It means you follow someone, and they follow you back. It is discouraged by the majority of the community as followers are meant to be earned and not the focus of the site. Also if one agreed to do F4F, someone may unfollow the person later as a trick to getting more followers.
Here is a good example of F4F works:

Person1: Hello!
Person2: Hey there!
Person1: You have cool projects!
Person2: Thank you! You have some nice projects too!
Person1: Want to be friends?
Person2: Sure, want to F4F?
Person1: Okay!

It is okay to deny F4F, but in a respectful way, and if it doesn't cause any drama. I'm not a fan of F4F, so I don't do it, but its fine if others want to do it.
Hope this helped!

--_Nova_--

frances2005 wrote:
Here is a good example of F4F:
Person1: Hello!
Person2: Hey there!
Person1: You have cool projects!
Person2: Thank you! You have some nice projects too!
Person1: Want to be friends?
Person2: Sure, want to F4F?
Person1: Okay!

do you mean

Person1: F4F
Person2: no
Person1: F4F
Person2: fine

cheddargirl

This seems to have turned more into a criticism of F4F.

There is no need to unabashedly criticize F4F when giving an answer, especially when it's a general method that new users use (including myself when I first started) to make it easier to find users to follow and get users when initially starting out on Scratch. Closing thread.

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