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The People and Records You Auto-Follow Initially

The People and Records You Auto-Follow Initially

Starting in June 2010, when your administrator initially turns on Chatter, we help get you started by automatically following certain users and records in your organization.

Who and what you auto-follow differ based on the size of your organization:

Note
Note The auto-follow setting for records applies only to the records that exist at the time your administrator turns Chatter on. For any future records that you create, auto-follow is disabled by default to reduce the number of updates you receive in your Chatter feed. However, if you want to receive updates on all future records that you create, you can enable auto-follow in your personal settings.

Currently, you can't customize a report based on records that you're following in Chatter.

If Your Organization Has: Users You Follow Automatically Records You Follow Automatically
15 users or fewer All users in your organization

Up to 25 of your most recently used records, in the following order:

  • Open opportunities you own
  • Accounts you own
  • Open cases you own
  • Contacts you own
  • Open opportunities you created
  • Accounts you created
  • Open cases you created
  • Contacts you created
  • Open opportunities you last modified
  • Accounts you last modified
  • Open cases you last modified
  • Contacts you last modified
  • Open opportunities you viewed
  • Accounts you viewed
  • Open cases you viewed
  • Contacts you viewed
16 or more users

Up to 25 users in your organization, including (if available):

  • Your manager
  • Users that report to your manager
  • Your subordinates
  • Teammates on your account teams
  • Teammates on your opportunity teams

Up to 25 of your most recently used records, in the following order:

  • Open opportunities you own
  • Accounts you own
  • Open cases you own
  • Contacts you own
  • Open opportunities you created
  • Accounts you created
  • Open cases you created
  • Contacts you created
  • Open opportunities you last modified
  • Accounts you last modified
  • Open cases you last modified
  • Contacts you last modified
  • Open opportunities you viewed
  • Accounts you viewed
  • Open cases you viewed
  • Contacts you viewed
 
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