{"meta":{"title":"Following people","intro":"You can follow people on GitHub to receive notifications about their activity and discover projects in their communities.","product":"Get started","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/get-started","title":"Get started"},{"href":"/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github","title":"Explore projects"},{"href":"/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/following-people","title":"Following people"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Following people\n\nYou can follow people on GitHub to receive notifications about their activity.\n\n## About followers\n\nWhen you follow people, you'll see their public activity on your personal dashboard. If someone you follow stars a public repository, GitHub may recommend the repository to you. For more information, see [Quickstart for your personal dashboard](/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-user-account-settings/about-your-personal-dashboard#staying-updated-with-activity-from-the-community).\n\nYou can unfollow someone if you do not wish to see their public activity on GitHub.\n\n## Following a user\n\n1. Navigate to the user's profile page.\n2. Under the user's profile picture, click **Follow**.\n\n## Unfollowing a user\n\n1. Navigate to the user's profile page.\n2. Under the user's profile picture, click **Unfollow**.\n\n## Viewing followed users\n\n1. Navigate to the user's profile page.\n2. Under the user's profile picture, click **following**.\n\n   ![Screenshot of the sidebar of @octocat's profile page. A link, labeled \"9 following\", is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/profile/user-profile-following.png)\n\n## Viewing followers\n\n1. Navigate to the user's profile page.\n2. Under the user's profile picture, click **followers**.\n\n   ![Screenshot of the sidebar of @octocat's profile page. A people icon and a link, labeled \"8.4k followers\", are outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/profile/user-profile-followers.png)\n\n## Further reading\n\n* [Saving repositories with stars](/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/saving-repositories-with-stars)\n* [Finding ways to contribute to open source on GitHub](/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/finding-ways-to-contribute-to-open-source-on-github)"}