User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/New followed pages feature from Wikia/@comment-20644-20100510020359

Contributions can be misleading as to what someone follows. Contributions just show that an edit has been made. The intent behind the followed pages is to show other users what pages you are specifically interested in, which might spark there interest as well, as opposed to just an edit that doesn't give you a clear picture as to whether the article is interesting enough to follow.