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Follow a topic
Zulip lets you follow topics you are interested in. You can follow or unfollow any topic. You can also configure Zulip to automatically follow topics you start or participate in. Participating in a topic means sending a message, reacting with an emoji, or participating in a poll.
It's easy to prioritize catching up on followed topics. You can:
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Configure how you get notified about new messages for topics you follow.
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Use the Shift + N keyboard shortcut to go to the next unread followed topic.
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Filter the inbox view to only show followed topics.
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See which topics you are following in the left sidebar and recent conversations.
You can use followed topics for a variety of workflows:
{!followed-topic-workflows.md!}
Follow or unfollow a topic
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Catch up on followed topics
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Filter the view to the topics you follow by selecting Followed topics from the dropdown in the upper left of the inbox view.
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Click on a conversation you're interested in to view it. You can also use the arrow keys to select a conversation, and press Enter.
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Return to Inbox when done to select the next conversation. You can use the back button in your browser or the desktop app, Shift + I, or Esc if Inbox is configured as you home view.
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You can also use <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>N</kbd> from any location to go
to the next unread followed topic.
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Configure notifications for followed topics
You can configure custom notifications for followed topics. You can also configure the unread count badge to include unread messages just in followed topics, without counting other stream messages.
{!configure-notifications-for-followed-topics.md!}
Automatically follow topics
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Manage configured topics
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