Follow

"Following" on Base Protocol is not the same as following in Web2 social applications. When users follow a profile on Base Protocol, they earn a Follow NFT, which creators and the community can encode to give it additional value.

Profile NFTs can attach to each profile NFT a specific followers module that contains all the logic to determine if a follower NFT should be published for a user attempting to follow a profile. For example, a profile could attach a follow module that requires users to pay a little money for Follow NFTs.

For a given profile, the ID of each newly issued follower NFT is incremented by 1, such that the first follower's NFT has ID of 1, the tenth has ID of 10, and so on. Additionally, Follow NFTs have built-in governance features, such as voting delegation, to allow the creation of social DAOs using the Base Protocol. Follower NFTs and their various attributes can be used by creators, DAOs, or other organizations to create voting strategies such as: "The first 1000 followers get one vote each" or "The longer you follow, the vote you have more power".