The JSON returns fine however when this.Following has the value of "true"(string) and then comparing it to test 2, the else statement is called. Can you see any reason why?

followLoad

$(function() {followLoad();});
function followLoad ()
{
	$.getJSON("/Twitzer/Author/<%=Author.getuserName()%>/json", function(json) 
	{
			var test="true";
			var test2=this.Following;
			
			if (test2==test)
			{
				$("#followButton").append('<button id="unfollow">Unfollow</button>');
			}
			else
			{
				$("#followButton").append('<button id="follow">Follow</button>');
			}

		  });
}

$(function() {followLoad();});
function followLoad ()
{
$.getJSON("/Twitzer/Author/<%=Author.getuserName()%>/json", function(json)
{
var test="true";
var test2=json.Following;

        if (test2==test)
        {
            $("#followButton").append('<button id="unfollow">Unfollow</button>');
        }
        else
        {
            $("#followButton").append('<button id="follow">Follow</button>');
        }

      });

}

Above is the solution to the problem.