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title: Be Social
description: Follow a friend. Watch a project.
categories: bootcamp
main_category: bootcamp
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<span class="intro">If you&rsquo;ve found yourself on this page, we&rsquo;re assuming you&rsquo;re brand new to Git and GitHub. Being social is one of the key features of GitHub. Open source projects become even more awesome when people come together to collaborate and we are happy to help that happen!</span>

##<span>First:</span> Follow A Friend

1. <span class="step-title">Pick a friend.</span>

	Why not follow one of these cool people?
	<div class="founders">
	<a href="https://github.com/mojombo" class="founder" target="_blank">
	<img src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/25c7c18223fb42a4c6ae1c8db6f50f9b" width="50" height="50"/>
	<h4>Tom Preston-Werner</h4>
	<p>mojombo</p>
	</a>
	<a href="https://github.com/defunkt" class="founder" target="_blank">
	<img src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b8dbb1987e8e5318584865f880036796" width="50" height="50"/>
	<h4>Chris Wanstrath</h4>
	<p>defunkt</p>
	</a>
	<a href="https://github.com/pjhyett" class="founder" target="_blank">
	<img src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/290cf664d9e6f823fc3af57556493db7" width="50" height="50"/>
	<h4>PJ Hyett</h4>
	<p>pjhyett</p>
	</a>
	<a href="https://github.com/schacon" class="founder" target="_blank">
	<img src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9375a9529679f1b42b567a640d775e7d" width="50" height="50"/>
	<h4>Scott Chacon</h4>
	<p>schacon</p>
	</a>
	</div>
	
	Who are these fine fellows? Why the founders of GitHub, of course!

2. <span class="step-title">Follow a friend</span>

	Once you are on one of their pages, click the &ldquo;follow&rdquo; button.
	
	<img src="/images/bootcamp/bootcamp_4_follow.jpg" width="558" height="151" alt="Click &ldquo;Follow"  />
	
	Congratulations! You are now following a friend. Their activity on GitHub will now show up on your dashboard.

##<span>Next:</span> Watch A Project

At some point you may want to stay up-to-date with a specific project. We&rsquo;ve made this easy to do.

1. <span class="step-title">Watch a project</span>

	Our friend the Octocat has a project called <a href="https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World" target="_blank">Hello World</a> that we&rsquo;d like to watch.
	
	Once you are in the project page, you will notice there is a &ldquo;watch&rdquo; button at the top of the page. Click on it.
	
	<img src="/images/bootcamp/bootcamp_4_watch.jpg" width="558" height="151" alt="Click &ldquo;Watch" />
	
	Congratulations! You are now watching the the Hello World project. If the Octocat updates it, you will see what happened in your dashboard.

##<span>Lastly:</span> Celebrate

Congratulations! You are quite the socialite. What do you want to do next?

<ol class="next-steps">
<li><a href="/set-up-git-redirect/">Set Up Git</a></li>
<li><a href="/create-a-repo/">Create A Repository</a></li>
<li><a href="/fork-a-repo/">Fork A Repository</a></li>
<li>Be Social</li>
</ol>