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* [How do privacy settings work?](#how-do-privacy-settings-work)
* [How private is "Private"?](#how-private-is-private)
* [What happens when someone follows me?](#what-happens-when-someone-follows-me)
* [So if I lock my account, only approved people can see my posts?](#so-if-i-lock-my-account-only-approved-people-can-see-my-posts)
* [What if I go over the character limit?](#what-if-i-go-over-the-character-limit)
* [What are hashtags?](#what-are-hashtags)
* [What does "CW" mean?](#what-does-cw-mean)
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If someone follows you, they will see your posts on their Home timeline and they will be able to see your followers-only posts. If you want, you can limit the people who can follow you by clicking on **Edit profile** and selecting **Lock account**, which will allow you to manually approve and reject people who want to follow you.
## So if I lock my account, only approved people can see my posts?
Yes and no.
With a locked account, you get to approve who can follow you *through the Mastodon interface*. This means that only the people you approve will be able to see your **followers-only** posts. Your **unlisted** posts will still show up on your profile, and your **public** posts will still show up on your profile and on the local and federated timelines.
**However.**
Every Mastodon account (on an unmodified server) also creates RSS and Atom feeds of their public and unlisted posts - i.e. the posts that appear on the account's profile. Your RSS feed appears at `https://<your-server>/users/<your-username>.rss`, and your Atom feed is at `https://<your-server>/users/<your-username>.atom` . **Anyone can subscribe to these feeds using an RSS reader to see your public and unlisted posts when you post them.** These feeds don't contain your followers-only or private posts, but you don't get to control who can see them.
Remember, you can set the default privacy level for your posts under **Preferences > Other > Posting Privacy**. If you have a locked account, you might prefer to set that default to followers-only so you have to make an active effort to post an unlisted or public toot.
## What if I go over the character limit?
Don't worry. First, you can't; Mastodon won't let you post a toot over the instance's character limit. You won't get in trouble or anything.