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You can interact with people, repositories, and organizations on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. See what others are working on and who they're connecting with from your personal dashboard.
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To learn about accessing your personal dashboard, see "About your personal dashboard."

Following people

When you follow someone on {% data variables.product.product_location %}, you'll get notifications on your personal dashboard about their activity. For more information, see "About your personal dashboard."

Click Follow on a person's profile page to follow them.

Follow user button

Watching a repository

You can watch a repository to receive notifications for new pull requests and issues. When the owner updates the repository, you'll see the changes in your personal dashboard. For more information see {% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@2.20" %}"Viewing your subscriptions{% else %}"Watching and unwatching repositories{% endif %}."

Click Watch at the top of a repository to watch it.

Watch repository button

Joining the conversation

{% data reusables.support.ask-and-answer-forum %}

Doing even more

Creating pull requests

You may want to contribute to another person's project, whether to add features or to fix bugs. After making changes, let the original author know by sending a pull request. For more information, see "About pull requests."

Pull request button

Using issues

When collaborating on a repository, use issues to track ideas, enhancements, tasks, or bugs. For more information, see 'About issues."

Issues button

Participating in organizations

Organizations are shared accounts where businesses and open-source projects can collaborate across many projects at once. Owners and administrators can establish teams with special permissions, have a public organization profile, and keep track of activity within the organization. For more information, see "About organizations."

Switch account context dropdown

Exploring other projects on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}

Discover interesting projects using {% data variables.explore.explore_github %}, Explore repositories, and the {% data variables.explore.trending_page %}. Star interesting projects and come back to them later. Visit your {% data variables.explore.your_stars_page %} to see all your starred projects. For more information, see "About your personal dashboard."

Celebrate

You're now connected to the {% data variables.product.product_name %} community. What do you want to do next?

Star a project