follower

n 1: an ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another

[ant: {leader}]

2: someone who travels behind or pursues another

followup

On {Usenet}, a {posting} generated in response to another

posting (as opposed to a {reply}, which goes by e-mail rather

than being broadcast). Followups include the ID of the

{parent message} in their headers; smart news-readers can use

this information to present {Usenet} news in "conversation"

sequence rather than order-of-arrival. See {thread}.

[{Jargon File}]