MemoCove is built for ordinary life, not for building an audience. So no account is meant to grow without end. Two simple limits make that work: how many people you can follow, and how many active followers an account can have. Most people never bump into either one. This page explains how they work, what you’ll see if you reach one, and how to invite a specific friend to follow you even when you’re full.
Following up to 500 people
You can follow up to 500 accounts. This keeps your reading circle intentional and stops MemoCove from turning into a mass-following race. Your following list is private — only you can see who you follow.
If you’re already following 500 people and try to follow someone new, MemoCove will let you know and ask you to unfollow someone first to make room. Nothing happens automatically to your list; the choice of who to unfollow is always yours.
Your active-follower limit
Each account can have up to 500 active followers. “Active” means people who have opened MemoCove recently. The limit is deliberately about active attention, not a permanent ceiling on everyone who has ever followed you — it keeps a live audience human-scale rather than enforcing a hard lifetime number.
You can always see your own follower count, and it stays private to you. Because the limit counts active followers, your visible count can sometimes sit a little above 500 — for example when followers who had drifted away come back. That’s expected, and completely fine.
How inactive followers free up space
Followers who stop using MemoCove for a while — around two months — quietly stop counting toward an account’s active-follower limit. This happens on its own:
- Nobody is removed or notified. An inactive follower is still following you; they just don’t take up one of the active slots while they’re away.
- You never manage your follower list by hand. In fact, no one — not even you — can see or edit who follows you. MemoCove keeps the space free of audience-watching.
- Returning is seamless. When someone who had gone quiet opens the app again, they simply count once more. There’s nothing for them to confirm or redo.
This is what keeps the cap meaningful without punishing people for taking a break: stale, forgotten follows make room for new ones automatically.
When an account is full
If an account already has 500 active followers and none of them have gone inactive, a new follow is gently declined with a short message. There is nothing wrong — the account simply has a full, active audience right now. Space tends to open up naturally as followers come and go, so trying again later often works.
Inviting a friend to follow you
Sometimes you’re at your active-follower limit but there’s a specific person — a close friend, a family member — you really want to be able to follow you. You can invite them directly, and accepting the invitation lets them follow you even though you’re full.
- Where to start. On your phone, open the Me tab and tap your Followers count; once you’re at your limit, you’ll see Invite someone to follow you. On the web, open Me → Follow invitations, which unlocks the same way when you’re full.
- Who you can invite. Enter their
@usernameor email address. It has to be an existing MemoCove account — invitations don’t go out to people who haven’t joined. - What they see. They receive an invitation in their notifications (on the web, it is also listed under Follow invitations), which they can accept or ignore. Accepting makes them a follower, past your cap; ignoring stays between them and the app.
- A weekly limit. You can send up to 5 invitations a week, with the count starting fresh each week. This keeps the door open for the people who matter without turning the cap back into a way to grow an audience.
One thing to keep in mind: an invitation lifts your follower limit, not the other person’s. Whoever accepts still needs room within their own limit of following 500 accounts.
Why these limits exist
Together with private follower counts, no likes, and no reposts, these caps are what keep MemoCove a calm, personal space rather than a place to build a following. They’re quiet guardrails — you’ll only notice one on the rare occasion you reach it, and there’s always a gentle way forward.
New to MemoCove? Start with the main guide, or see the account guide for setting up and managing your account.