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title: Be social
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redirect_from:
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- /be-social/
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- /articles/be-social
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- /github/getting-started-with-github/be-social
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- /github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart/be-social
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intro: '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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versions:
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fpt: '*'
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ghes: '*'
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ghae: '*'
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topics:
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- Profile
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- Pull requests
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- Issues
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- Notifications
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- Accounts
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---
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To learn about accessing your personal dashboard, see "[About your personal dashboard](/articles/about-your-personal-dashboard)."
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## Following people
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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](/articles/about-your-personal-dashboard)."
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Click **Follow** on a person's profile page to follow them.
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## Watching a repository
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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 {% ifversion fpt or ghae or ghes %}"[Viewing your subscriptions](/github/managing-subscriptions-and-notifications-on-github/viewing-your-subscriptions){% else %}"[Watching and unwatching repositories](/github/receiving-notifications-about-activity-on-github/watching-and-unwatching-repositories){% endif %}."
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Click **Watch** at the top of a repository to watch it.
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## Joining the conversation
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{% data reusables.support.ask-and-answer-forum %}
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## Communicating on {% data variables.product.product_name %}
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{% data variables.product.product_name %} provides built-in collaborative communication tools, such as issues and pull requests, allowing you to interact closely with your community when building great software. For an overview of these tools, and information about the specificity of each, see "[Quickstart for communicating on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}](/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/quickstart-for-communicating-on-github)."
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## Doing even more
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### Creating pull requests
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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](/articles/about-pull-requests)."
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### Using issues
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When collaborating on a repository, use issues to track ideas, enhancements, tasks, or bugs. For more information, see '[About issues](/articles/about-issues/)."
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### Participating in organizations
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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](/articles/about-organizations/)."
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### Exploring other projects on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}
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Discover interesting projects using {% data variables.explore.explore_github %}, [Explore repositories](https://github.com/explore), 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](/articles/about-your-personal-dashboard/)."
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## Celebrate
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You're now connected to the {% data variables.product.product_name %} community. What do you want to do next?
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- To synchronize your {% data variables.product.product_name %} projects with your computer, you can set up Git. For more information see "[Set up Git](/articles/set-up-git)."
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- You can also create a repository, where you can put all your projects and maintain your workflows. For more information see, "[Create a repository](/articles/create-a-repo)."
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- You can fork a repository to make changes you want to see without affecting the original repository. For more information, see "[Fork a repository](/articles/fork-a-repo)."
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- {% data reusables.support.connect-in-the-forum-bootcamp %}
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