How do I Follow people, places, and content?

Start Following People, Places, and Content

There are a few ways to begin following a piece of content, a person, or a place (product community or social group) within PTC Community. Here are some easy ways to get started:

• From the Activity Stream, hover your mouse over a person's name or avatar, or the name of a place, and click the Follow button . You can then select which stream(s) you want to follow the person or place.
• Use Browse within the main navigation and select Content, Communities, Groups, or People from the resulting dropdown menu to browse for things to follow. Be sure to check the "Recommended" tab for suggestions based on your individual activity and connections within the community. When you see an item you want to follow, click on the gear icon on the right-hand side and then Follow. Then select the stream(s) in which you want to follow the content item, person, or place.
• Use the Search feature to find keywords, categories, and tags on things that might interest you. When you find something you want to follow, click on the item. From there, click Follow. Then select the stream(s) in which you want to follow the content item, person, or place.

Stop Following People, Places, or a Piece of Content

To stop following something, either hover over the person, place or piece of content from a stream or go to the item and then click Following. Select the streams from which you want to stop following the person, place, or content item, and then click Stop Following. You will no longer see updates for that person, place, or content item in those streams. Those updates will still appear in the Activity Stream, however, because that stream shows all public activity in the community.

You can also click the gear icon next to the stream and click Edit Stream to use the stream drag-and-drop feature to move items into your stream.