Probably not connected to the same relays

None of the follows stick on any apps. He's a new user and it should work right out of the box.

This happens when the client can’t find their contact list. It’s dangerous to create a new one because this could wipe out their contact list from somewhere that may be temporarily down. Damus has a First Aid feature in settings to recover from this.

You are talking about a relatively brand new protocol that in many ways is still in beta testing, think of the internet of 1992 here

No, but there was/is overlap. I’d only expect using different relays in the two apps to mean there is some (hopefully temporary) inconsistency between the follow lists in the two apps. But like @Crizzo said, new accounts should work out of the box. 😊

Pretty sure it does for most people or we'd hear about it more. I see you have followed some people now, glad you got it fixed.

I’m sure. Thanks for amplifying the question earlier. 🤙🏻