How to Follow

In someone else's profile page. Simply click on the "Follow" button.

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You can follow from an individual user's or team's profile.

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You can also follow from view mode, or from the author's profile card.

What Happens When You Follow?

  • You will receive notifications when a user or team publishes a new post.
  • You will also receive notifications when there are new comments on an post by a user or team you're following.

Where Will I Receive Notifications?

All notifications will appear in the "Notification Center," under the "Network" category.

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When someone follows you, check out their profile and consider following them back! Let's make HackMD a great place to share knowledge together.

How to unfollow?

Click "Following" and then click "Unfollow".

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How do I (or my team) manage my privacy settings about who can see my followers and who is following me?

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  1. Go to worksapce Settings → Network.
  2. Manage these two visibilities in the Privacy section:
    • HackMD users: other signed-in HackMD users will be able to see who you are following.
    • Anyone: anyone can see who you are following, whether they are signed-in or not.
    • Only me: only you can see who you follow.

Teams do not have "Who can see who I follow" setting because they cannot follow users.

How do I manage who I follow and who follows me?

From the workspace Settings → Network, click on "Open following list" or "Open followers list".

Teams do not have "Open following list" button because they cannot follow users.

How can the Follow feature do for me?

  • Stay connected with fans or members of your communities: invite people who are interested in your work to follow you on HackMD. Your followers will receive notifications when you publish new posts.
  • Follow the teams you are responsible for: Receive notifications when someone comments on notes published by your team, so you don't miss any comments.