laravel follow and unfollow relationship
// users that are followed by this user
public function following() {
return $this->belongsToMany(User::class, 'followers', 'follower_id', 'following_id');
}
// users that follow this user
public function followers() {
return $this->belongsToMany(User::class, 'followers', 'following_id', 'follower_id');
}