Adding "Following" Keyword to block list

Hey all,

Seems like this -

"Following"

Needs a lot of awareness, we already have "watch" button at top of forum.

We don't need pokes for Following messages everyone does even after knowing the Watch button.

Either add this to blacklist word and show popup with awareness information kind-of "Use Watch button to follow a post or forum".

It will increase awareness of that lazy button, also it will reduce useless notifications day and night for everyone posting on posts with Following, maybe help same some dafabase space at end.

What's the opinion of others?

I completely agree that members using "following" in place of the watch button. Some of them do this intentionally to inflate their post count, and as such, their posts are removed and they're issued a rule 3.5 violation infraction. Granted, not everyone is doing this, but enough of them are that it's a problem. It's the same with "thanks for the share"; we already have the like button for that.

I can see what options are available for when new members use certain words. Maybe the words can trigger an informative message whenever "following" is used. I think the same can be done for "thanks for the share" posts as well.