Short version
Follow a team, country, series, or tournament. It personalizes the app and can send you alerts.
Pin a specific game. It gives you a focused tracking screen on Watching for that game.
Side by side
| Follow | Pin | |
|---|---|---|
| What it's for | Personalize the app long-term | Track one specific game |
| What you attach it to | A team / country / series / tournament | A single game |
| How many you can have | Unlimited | Multiple, but typically 1 to 3 at a time |
| Where it shows up | Today, Following | Watching |
| Sends notifications? | Yes, if alerts are enabled | No. Pinning doesn't alert |
| Disappears when? | When you unfollow | Automatically after the game ends |
How to think about it
Follow is the season-long relationship. You follow the Knicks because you care about the Knicks across an entire playoff run.
Pin is the moment-level relationship. You pin tonight's Knicks game because you want a dedicated tracking surface for that specific game while it's happening.
How to follow
Open the app, tap Followingin the bottom nav. Tap the "Add a follow" row, pick a moment (NBA Playoffs, Summer Soccer, etc.), then pick the team, country, series, or tournament you want to follow.
After you add, the alert state is "Alerts off" by default. Tap the row to expand and pick a tier if you want push notifications. Three tiers: Quiet, Companion, Full Details.
How to pin
Open any game page. Tap a game card on Today, Following, or anywhere else. On the game page, tap Pin to Watching. That game now lives in Watching until it ends.
To unpin: open the same game page and tap the pin button again (it'll read "Pinned · Tap to unpin").
Can I have both?
Yes. Most users will have follows + alerts for their team year- round, then pin specific games on game nights for focused tracking. They reinforce each other. Your follows tell us what to surface and when to ping; your pin tells us what you're actively tracking right now.
Once that's set up, here's how to use No-Spoilers when you're watching on delay.