When you have successfully followed someone on here, the "Follow" button on their profile turns into "Following" or "Unfollow". However, if it turns into "Cancel Follow" or "Pending" or "Request Sent", then the follow hasn't actually happened yet.
Usually this means the account has follow requests switched on, indicated by a 🔒 padlock icon on their profile.
In other cases it may be a technical glitch, and you may need to cancel and try again later.
