If you have "Don't allow other users to see which games I follow" set in your privacy settings, then no one can see them on your profile, including you. Kinda goofy, but supposedly it's intentional, I guess it makes the page simpler/faster or something.

That's not acceptable, literally just check if the user is logged in. It's one line of code.

Meh, it's fine. There's other places to see your followed games.

i mean you can just click the "games" button at the very top of the website no matter what page you are on.