Yes, precisely that. Before collections came, following was a sign I liked the show a lot. Now it’s a consideration for future work. And it really doesn’t matter if the show is licensed or not. If there is a chance it will become licensed in ie. a year after the original broadcasting, I would very much like to have the option to follow it and be informed of the licence changes.
However, the follow button is missing on some shows which have a licence and are no longer on-air. So the issue is not limited to just the unlicensed shows.
No, please don’t. I feel this would be a step backwards. Some of us feel strongly about some shows which hadn’t originally gotten a licence on Viki. We would like to keep our hopes up.
The whole point with a follow button is that you get sent info on a show. “Hey, we got the licence!” or “Episode 1 is available”. You don’t get that from putting a show into a collection. We need a tool to keep us collectively informed on that show.