User blog comment:Sarah Manley/Followed pages - a new way to stay up-to-date on your favorite wiki pages/@comment-156740-20100507231609

I am confused why the link to Special:Watchlist has been replaced by Special:Following. The help page describes Followed Pages as an "upgrade," but it is actually a downgrade with less features than the Watchlist. In fact, Followed Pages is the same as the page Special:Watchlist/edit, and instead of listing changes to watched pages on a single useful page, it gives the option of sending out an annoying e-mail message for every change made.