diff --git a/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/settings.html b/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/settings.html
index 47a34ad..a86fe69 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/settings.html
+++ b/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/settings.html
@@ -44,12 +44,23 @@
                     <span>{{ text "settings:tab.security" }}</span>
                 </a>
 
+                <a
+                    data-tab-button="account/following"
+                    href="#/account/following"
+                >
+                    {{ icon "rss" }}
+                    <span>{{ text "auth:label.following" }}</span>
+                </a>
+
                 <a data-tab-button="account/blocks" href="#/account/blocks">
                     {{ icon "shield" }}
                     <span>{{ text "settings:tab.blocks" }}</span>
                 </a>
 
-                <a data-tab-button="account/uploads" href="#/account/uploads">
+                <a
+                    data-tab-button="account/uploads"
+                    href="?page=0#/account/uploads"
+                >
                     {{ icon "image-up" }}
                     <span>{{ text "settings:tab.uploads" }}</span>
                 </a>
@@ -357,6 +368,74 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="w-full flex flex-col gap-2 hidden" data-tab="account/following">
+        <div class="card tertiary flex flex-col gap-2">
+            <a href="#/account" class="button secondary">
+                {{ icon "arrow-left" }}
+                <span>{{ text "general:action.back" }}</span>
+            </a>
+
+            <div class="card-nest">
+                <div class="card flex items-center gap-2 small">
+                    {{ icon "rss" }}
+                    <span>{{ text "auth:label.following" }}</span>
+                </div>
+
+                <div class="card flex flex-col gap-2">
+                    {% for userfollow in following %} {% set user =
+                    userfollow[1] %}
+                    <div
+                        class="card secondary flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center justify-between"
+                    >
+                        <div class="flex gap-2">
+                            {{ components::avatar(username=user.username) }} {{
+                            components::full_username(user=user) }}
+                        </div>
+
+                        <div class="flex gap-2">
+                            <button
+                                class="quaternary red small"
+                                onclick="toggle_follow_user('{{ user.id }}')"
+                            >
+                                {{ icon "user-minus" }}
+                                <span>{{ text "auth:action.unfollow" }}</span>
+                            </button>
+
+                            <a
+                                href="/@{{ user.username }}"
+                                class="button quaternary small"
+                            >
+                                {{ icon "external-link" }}
+                                <span
+                                    >{{ text "requests:action.view_profile"
+                                    }}</span
+                                >
+                            </a>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <script>
+            globalThis.toggle_follow_user = async (uid) => {
+                await trigger("atto::debounce", ["users::follow"]);
+
+                fetch(`/api/v1/auth/user/${uid}/follow`, {
+                    method: "POST",
+                })
+                    .then((res) => res.json())
+                    .then((res) => {
+                        trigger("atto::toast", [
+                            res.ok ? "success" : "error",
+                            res.message,
+                        ]);
+                    });
+            };
+        </script>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="w-full flex flex-col gap-2 hidden" data-tab="account/blocks">
         <div class="card tertiary flex flex-col gap-2">
             <a href="#/account" class="button secondary">
diff --git a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/communities.rs b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/communities.rs
index 9a4f4a2..17216ae 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/communities.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/communities.rs
@@ -666,8 +666,6 @@ pub async fn post_request(
         Err(e) => return Err(Html(render_error(e, &jar, &data, &user).await)),
     };
 
-    check_user_blocked_or_private!(user, owner, data, jar);
-
     if owner.permissions.check_banned() {
         if let Some(ref ua) = user {
             if !ua.permissions.check(FinePermission::MANAGE_POSTS) {
@@ -682,6 +680,27 @@ pub async fn post_request(
         }
     }
 
+    // check if the user has a private account OR if we're blocked...
+    // don't do this check if we're the owner of the post this post is replying to
+    if let Some(ref ua) = user {
+        if let Some(replying) = post.replying_to {
+            if replying != 0 {
+                let replying_to = match data.0.get_post_by_id(replying).await {
+                    Ok(r) => r,
+                    Err(e) => return Err(Html(render_error(e, &jar, &data, &user).await)),
+                };
+
+                if replying_to.owner != ua.id {
+                    check_user_blocked_or_private!(user, owner, data, jar);
+                }
+            } else {
+                check_user_blocked_or_private!(user, owner, data, jar);
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        check_user_blocked_or_private!(user, owner, data, jar);
+    }
+
     // check repost
     let reposting = data.0.get_post_reposting(&post, &ignore_users, &user).await;
 
diff --git a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/profile.rs b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/profile.rs
index f5c3d4e..a4b60a6 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/profile.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/profile.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ pub async fn settings_request(
         }
     };
 
+    let following = match data
+        .0
+        .fill_userfollows_with_receiver(
+            data.0
+                .get_userfollows_by_initiator_all(profile.id)
+                .await
+                .unwrap_or(Vec::new()),
+        )
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(e) => return Err(Html(render_error(e, &jar, &data, &None).await)),
+    };
+
     let blocks = match data
         .0
         .fill_userblocks_receivers(data.0.get_userblocks_by_initiator(profile.id).await)
@@ -82,6 +96,7 @@ pub async fn settings_request(
     context.insert("page", &req.page);
     context.insert("uploads", &uploads);
     context.insert("stacks", &stacks);
+    context.insert("following", &following);
     context.insert("blocks", &blocks);
     context.insert(
         "user_tokens_serde",
diff --git a/crates/core/src/database/posts.rs b/crates/core/src/database/posts.rs
index 319c795..d5c1466 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/database/posts.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/database/posts.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,39 @@ use rusqlite::Row;
 #[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
 use tokio_postgres::Row;
 
+macro_rules! private_post_replying {
+    ($post:ident, $replying_posts:ident, $ua1:ident, $data:ident) => {
+        // post owner is not following us
+        // check if we're the owner of the post the post is replying to
+        // all routes but 1 must lead to continue
+        if let Some(replying) = $post.replying_to {
+            if replying != 0 {
+                if let Some(post) = $replying_posts.get(&replying) {
+                    // we've seen this post before
+                    if post.owner != $ua1.id {
+                        // we aren't the owner of this post,
+                        // so we can't see their comment
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // we haven't seen this post before
+                    let post = $data.get_post_by_id(replying).await?;
+
+                    if post.owner != $ua1.id {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    $replying_posts.insert(post.id, post);
+                }
+            } else {
+                continue;
+            }
+        } else {
+            continue;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 impl DataManager {
     /// Get a [`Post`] from an SQL row.
     pub(crate) fn get_post_from_row(
@@ -176,6 +209,7 @@ impl DataManager {
 
         let mut users: HashMap<usize, User> = HashMap::new();
         let mut seen_user_follow_statuses: HashMap<(usize, usize), bool> = HashMap::new();
+        let mut replying_posts: HashMap<usize, Post> = HashMap::new();
 
         for post in posts {
             if post.is_deleted {
@@ -216,11 +250,10 @@ impl DataManager {
                                 seen_user_follow_statuses.get(&(ua.id, ua1.id))
                             {
                                 if !is_following
-                                    && (ua.id != ua1.id)
+                                    && ua.id != ua1.id
                                     && !ua1.permissions.check(FinePermission::MANAGE_POSTS)
                                 {
-                                    // post owner is not following us
-                                    continue;
+                                    private_post_replying!(post, replying_posts, ua1, self);
                                 }
                             } else {
                                 if self
@@ -228,10 +261,11 @@ impl DataManager {
                                     .await
                                     .is_err()
                                     && !ua1.permissions.check(FinePermission::MANAGE_POSTS)
+                                    && ua.id != ua1.id
                                 {
                                     // post owner is not following us
                                     seen_user_follow_statuses.insert((ua.id, ua1.id), false);
-                                    continue;
+                                    private_post_replying!(post, replying_posts, ua1, self);
                                 }
 
                                 seen_user_follow_statuses.insert((ua.id, ua1.id), true);