Yes it works if they show up in messages. But you can not add new followers by their public key. I cannot explain it better sorry.
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You might need to add more relays?
Thanks. I tried to add more relays, but it will not be added to the list after pushing the add button. And yes I checked if it already was in the list and I checked the right url format.....🙋
Adding more relays works now. But still I don't know how to add new followers by specifically by its public key. I do not see any option in the user interface in it. For now I can only add new followers via the (global) chat.