The 'network' feature provides notifications on the activity of users that you choose to follow. This compares with Confluence's other content tracking features, which provide notifications on specified types of content updates, made by any user. The types of activities tracked by the network feature include: Additions or edits to pages or blog posts Comments added to a page or blog post or edits to existing comments Updates to a user's  User Status Updates Updates to a user's User Profile On this page:

Accessing Your Network View

To see your network view:

You can access another user's Network view using the Hover Profile or from their Profile Sidebar.

Screenshot: Example of the Network view

Following Another User

You can follow another user by using either the Hover Profile or your Network view.

To follow a user with the Hover Profile:

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2. Click Follow in the popup.

To follow a user from your Network view:

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2. In the 'Following' section, at the right of the page, type the first few characters of the name (or username) of the user you wish to follow.
3. Choose the user from the list of suggestions.
4. Click Follow in the popup.

If you now refresh or revisit your Network view, the profile picture(s) of the user(s) you just followed will appear within the 'Following' list on the right. Additionally, their tracked activities will start appearing in the 'Recent Activity' list on this page.

Stop Following a User

To stop following a user by using the Hover Profile:

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2. Click Stop Following in the popup.

You can also stop following a user by going to their Profile view.

If you now refresh or revisit your Network view, the profile picture(s) of the user(s) you just stopped following are removed from the 'Following' list on the right. Additionally, their tracked activities will stop appearing in the 'Recent Activity' list on this page.

Notes

Once you are following a user, you can see their activity in a number of ways:

• Your Network view: your Network view shows all the tracked activities that you have permission to view for all the users that you are following. In the same way, people who follow you will be able to see all your Confluence-based activities on their network views, provided they have permission to view the content. See below for instructions on accessing your network view.
• RSS feeds: you can subscribe to any Confluence user's network RSS feed and receive summaries on the activities of other users they are following in their network. See Subscribing to a Network RSS Feed.
• Email notifications: you can request email notifications of any activity in your network. See Subscribing to Email Notifications of Updates to Confluence Content.

Note that it is not possible to stop another user from following you. If you are interested in the ability to block followers, please watch CONF-16285 for updates on the feature request.

Related Topics

Network Macro
Subscribing to a Network RSS Feed
Subscribing to Email Notifications of Updates to Confluence Content

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