Can't follow people on pc

https://reddit.com/link/1w0yq4t/video/qrygp0yxs5mh1/player

as you can see from the video I follow my friend and for some reason it just unfollows them?? without any prompting as you can see im literally not doing anything and it just unfollows them. I dont have a phone so i cant follow people on it, anyone have a fix?