What word can be used to describe someone you're following? [duplicate]
- @johndoe is following 283 publishers, syndicators, or sources.
- @johndoe is following 283 feeds, streams or subscriptions.
Twitter's under-the-hood term for a user you follow is friend. The URL https://twitter.com/friends is also an alias of https://twitter.com/following.
As a general term, I'd suggest leader or interest.
A suggestion for someone you follow might be doyen:
doy·en [doi-en, doi-uhn; Fr. dwa-yan] noun, plural doy·ens [doi-enz, doi-enz; Fr. dwa-yan] The most respected or prominent person in a particular field