How does Subscribe/Access work?
The idea of a friends list from LiveJournal has been broken into 2 groups, Subscribe and Access. Your subscription list consists of people whose content you wish to view on your Reading Page. Your access list is people who you allow to view your protected content. You can allow access to someone but not subscribe to them, subscribe to them but not allow them access, or subscribe to them and allow them access. Who shows up on your Reading Page is based solely on your subscription list, while the users who can see your protected entries are based solely on your access list. A more detailed explanation with examples can be seen here.
