Following other people can be difficult in the Fediverse. OpenFollow tries to solve this issue with a universal URL that works for every profile.
https://openfollow.social/@you@yourserver
When someone visits your OpenFollow URL, it redirect the visitor to their own Fediverse server in the exact end-point they need to follow you with just one click.
What is the goal
A permalink for any user in the fediverse that wants to have one.
In the future there should exist something like social:// for this kind of URLs, but in the meantime OpenFollow can do the work.
What is the privacy
OpenFollow does not track visitors, clicks, pageviews, or anything similar. OpenFollow does not use any kind of 3rd party analytics. OpenFollow does not share any data.
What if I do not want to be indexed
OpenFollow respects the "discoverable", "indexable" and "no index" tags and attributes. If any or those is negative openfollow.social/@you@server will not work.
What if I switch servers
Then your openfollow.social/@you@oldServer will automatically redirect to openfollow.social/@you@newServer
What if I change my username
Then your openfollow.social/@oldUser@server will automatically redirect to openfollow.social/@newUser@server
What if I delete my profile
Then your openfollow.social/@you@server will no longer work.