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# How to Follow a Discussion

# How to Follow a Discussion

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to follow a discussion
* How to unfollow
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
Following a discussion keeps you in the loop — you'll be notified about new activity and the discussion appears under your **Following** tab on the Discussions hub. Follow the topics you care about so you don't have to keep checking back.

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## How to follow a discussion
1. Open the discussion from the **Discussions** hub.
2. In the header at the top of the discussion, click **Follow**.

The button changes to **Following** with a tick, and the discussion now appears under your **Following** tab.

> **Good to know:** When you comment on a discussion, you start following it automatically — so the **Follow** button will already show **Following** once you've joined the conversation.

## How to unfollow
1. Open the discussion.
2. Click **Following** in the header to turn it off.

Unfollowing removes the discussion from your **Following** tab and stops its notifications. If you had muted it, unfollowing clears that too.

## Things to keep in mind
* Following and commenting are linked: commenting auto-follows, so you may find you're already following discussions you've taken part in.
* Once you're following, a mute control appears next to the button so you can stay subscribed without receiving notifications — see the article on muting a discussion.
* You can't change your follow state on an archived discussion, as it is read-only.

## FAQs
**Do I have to follow a discussion to comment on it?**
No. You can comment without following first — but commenting will start following it for you automatically.

**Where do I see everything I'm following?**
On the Discussions hub, open the **Following** tab.

**How do I keep following but stop the notifications?**
Follow the discussion, then use the mute control that appears beside the **Following** button. See the article on muting a discussion.

## Who can do this
Anyone who can open a discussion can follow it — **Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers**, **People Managers**, **Instructors**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users. There is no role restriction on following.