# Follow creators and use My Feed

This guide is for signed-in viewers who want new releases to come to them. It covers following a creator from their profile, the three tabs of **My Feed** (**Following**, **Watchlist**, **History**), and the email switches under **Notifications** that decide what reaches your inbox. You end with a creator followed, a feed that fills as they publish, and notifications set the way you want them. The screenshots follow Mara Quinn following QA Calibration One (@fcqa_films).

## Before you start

Following needs an account. Signed out, **Follow** opens the sign-in prompt titled "Sign in to follow this creator" and finishes the follow once you are in. If you have no account yet, see [Create your account and sign in](/docs/create-your-account).

## Step 1 — Open a creator's profile

Every creator has a public page at their @handle. Reach it by clicking the creator's name in the creator row under a film's player. The profile opens with the banner, avatar, display name, @handle, and "Creating since" date, then the bio (click **Read more** for the full text), the AI tools they use as chips, and their links. The engagement row underneath holds **Follow** and the follower count, then for verified creators **Tip** and **Support**, then a share icon. Further down sit the public **Supporters** list, their **Recent comments**, a **Featured** carousel, and the **Work** grid with filter pills (**All**, **Films**, **Series**, **Shorts**, **Animation**, **Experimental**) and a sort of **Newest**, **Most Viewed**, or **Top Tipped**.

[[img:follow-creators-and-my-feed/01-follow-on-profile.png|The Follow button sits in the engagement row under the bio, next to the follower count and the Tip and Support buttons.]]

## Step 2 — Click Follow

Click **Follow**. The button flips to **Following**, drawn in outline style, and the follower count goes up by one. Click **Following** to unfollow; the count drops back.

You do not have to visit the profile for this. The same button sits in the creator row on every watch page. On Home and Browse, a card's three-dots menu offers **Follow** with the creator's name; in My Feed, cards carry a **Follow creator** quick action next to their like and watchlist icons. A series page has its own **Follow Series** button, which follows that series alone.

[[img:follow-creators-and-my-feed/02-following-state.png|After the click the button reads Following in outline style and the count has moved from 1 follower to 2 followers.]]

## Step 3 — Open My Feed

Click **My Feed** in the top nav. The page opens on the **Following** tab. When you have unfinished films, a **Continue watching** ribbon shows above the tabs; each card there has a progress bar and a **Resume** button.

The Following feed lists the newest published films from every creator and series you follow, with **Load more** at the bottom. A filter strip above the list starts with **All Creators** and adds one chip per followed creator; a small dot on a chip means that creator published something since your last visit. Click a chip to see only that creator, and **All Creators** to return to everyone. Follow nobody yet and the tab reads "Your Following feed is empty" with a **Discover creators** link to Browse.

[[img:follow-creators-and-my-feed/03-my-feed-following.png|My Feed on the Following tab, with a Continue watching card above the tabs and the filter strip showing All Creators plus a chip for the creator you just followed.]]

## Step 4 — Check the Watchlist tab

The **Watchlist** tab holds everything you saved with **Add to watchlist** on a watch page or a card. **Sort** offers **Date added**, **Alphabetical**, and **Duration**. Each card keeps its quick actions and a remove control; removing shows a "Removed from watchlist" toast and needs no confirmation. A whole series saved from an episode's watchlist prompt appears as one card with a **Series** badge. An empty watchlist reads "Nothing saved yet" and offers **Browse the catalog**.

[[img:follow-creators-and-my-feed/04-watchlist-tab.png|The Watchlist tab with its three sort options, Date added, Alphabetical and Duration, and the one film saved during the watch guide.]]

## Step 5 — Review your History

The **History** tab lists every film you have played, sorted **Newest first** or **Oldest first**. Each card carries a progress bar; a finished film shows **Watched**, an unfinished one shows the percentage watched. To take a film out, click its remove control. A dialog asks "Remove from history?" and warns that this cannot be undone; for an unfinished film the saved position goes too, so it also leaves Continue watching. Click **Remove** to confirm or **Cancel** to keep it. History is private: no other user, and no creator, can see it.

[[img:follow-creators-and-my-feed/05-history-tab.png|The History tab sorted Newest first, with a progress bar under the film's thumbnail.]]

## Step 6 — Choose which emails you get

Open your account menu (your avatar at the top right), click **Account**, then **Notifications** in the left rail. The **Email notifications** card lists the viewer categories, each with a switch:

| Row | You get an email |
|---|---|
| New uploads from followed creators | When a creator you follow publishes a new film. |
| New episodes from followed series | When a series you follow adds a new episode. |
| Reply notifications | When someone replies to your comment. |
| Weekly digest | A weekly roundup of new films from creators you follow. |

Flip a switch and it saves at once; if the save fails, the switch snaps back and a notice asks you to try again. Mara's account is new, and all four switches are off in the recording: nothing lands in your inbox until you turn one on.

The second card, headed "Always sent" with "transactional & safety" after it and marked with an **Always sent** badge on every row, covers receipts for tips and support, verification decisions, payouts, and moderation outcomes. Those cannot be turned off because they keep your account and money safe. In-app notifications are separate and always on: the bell in the top nav (**Notifications**) opens the panel, and **Mark all read** clears the unread markers.

[[img:follow-creators-and-my-feed/06-notification-preferences.png|The Email notifications card with its four switches, and below it the always-sent card whose rows carry an Always sent badge instead of a switch.]]

## Good to know

- Following is free and creates no obligation. Tipping and monthly support are separate; see [Tip a creator or support them monthly](/docs/tip-and-support-creators).
- The feed only shows published films that have finished processing. Drafts, scheduled releases, and films a moderator took down never appear.
- The active tab lives in the address bar (`/my-feed?tab=watchlist`, `/my-feed?tab=history`), so you can bookmark a view.
- Your watch position syncs across devices. Continue watching on My Feed and on Home read the same saved position.
- Removing a film from History does not remove your like, comments, or watchlist entry; it only clears the viewing record and any saved position.
- Every notification email carries an unsubscribe link. Using it switches off that category and points you to **Manage your email preferences** for the rest.
- Creators see a second card, **Creator email notifications**, for comments on their work, new followers, milestones, and staff features. See [Become a creator and get verified](/docs/become-a-creator).