Follow users from anywhere on HN and open a dedicated feed of their recent comments and submissions. Reorder users by dragging, collapse sections you do not want open by default, and refresh one person at a time without reloading everything else.
Small follow buttons appear next to usernames across Hacker News.
The /following page keeps the normal HN look
instead of inventing a separate UI.
Recent fetched activity is cached locally to keep the page fast, with per-user refresh controls when you want a fresh pull.