> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.beatpass.ca/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Following System

> Follow users and producers on BeatPass and understand where those follows appear.

BeatPass supports two public follow relationships:

* **User follows** — profile-to-profile connections between user accounts.
* **Producer follows** — following an artist page, powered by the **Like** button on producer pages.

Both affect your notifications and the public lists shown on profiles.

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## Following Users

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open a user profile">
    Go to the person's public profile from a comment, message, follower list, or profile link.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Follow">
    Click **Follow** in the profile header. It changes to **Unfollow** after the follow is saved.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Manage from the same button">
    Click **Unfollow** at any time to remove the connection.
  </Step>
</Steps>

User follow relationships appear on your public profile tabs:

* **Followers** — accounts following you.
* **Following** — accounts you follow.

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## Following Producers

Producer follows use the **Like** button (heart icon) on producer pages. The button shows context-specific labels:

| State         | Label         | Icon                          |
| ------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Not following | **Follow**    | Heart outline                 |
| Following     | **Following** | Filled heart (primary colour) |

<Info>
  The **Follow** / **Following** button on producer pages is a Like action tied to the artist profile. It is separate from the **Message** button, which appears when the producer page is linked to a user account.
</Info>

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## Where Follows Appear

| Location                           | What you see                                                |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Your profile → Followers**       | Users following your public profile                         |
| **Your profile → Following**       | User accounts you follow                                    |
| **Your profile → Liked Producers** | Producers you have followed                                 |
| **Library → Your artists**         | Liked producers shown with a count (e.g. "3 liked artists") |
| **Producer page → Followers tab**  | Followers for that producer profile                         |

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## Notifications Connected to Following

| Notification     | Who can receive it | Trigger                                 |
| ---------------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
| **New Follower** | Everyone           | Someone follows your user profile       |
| **New Uploads**  | Everyone           | A producer you follow uploads new beats |

Configure both from [Notification Preferences](/help/notifications/notification-settings).

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## What Following Does Not Do

<Note>
  BeatPass does not currently provide a dedicated follower activity feed. Following affects public lists, your liked producers, messaging suggestions, and notifications — but there is no timeline of follower activity.
</Note>

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## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="I can't follow someone">
    Common causes:

    * You are not logged in.
    * You are viewing your own profile.
    * The page has not finished loading the follow state.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="My follower count seems wrong">
    Refresh the page. Follower and following counts can take a moment to update across every surface.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I'm not getting new upload notifications">
    Check that:

    * You are following the producer (the heart icon on their page should be filled).
    * **New Uploads** is enabled in your notification settings.
    * Your chosen delivery channel is enabled and working.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

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## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="User Profiles" icon="user" href="/help/profiles/user-profiles">
    Learn how public user profiles and follower tabs work.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Producer Profiles" icon="music" href="/help/profiles/producer-profiles">
    Learn how producer pages expose follows and followers.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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