Characters not losing follows and art

I noticed under a different account (don't worry, I'm not scamming the system or anything, I had already talked to admins) that if you used more than one character you'd lose the artists you were following and all the art you did upload (maybe this part was just me being stupid).

There needs to be a way to prevent this from happening as it treats the character more like a separate account within the account and may lead to confusion. Or maybe a warning that this count happen. I don't have a reason for another character (though a username change made easier would be nice) but i can see this causing a problem for new users.