# Profiles, following and friends

> Follow people, become friends, use your profile QR code and keep private notes about people you know.

Source: https://help.gathereasy.rsvp/social/friends-and-profiles/

## Profiles

Choose anyone's name or picture, on an event's guest list, a post or in a chat, to open their profile. A profile shows:

- their name, username, bio and social links,
- how many **Friends**, **Following** and **Followers** they have. Choose a number to see the people,
- likes and saves their posts have received, and how many events they've submitted to Explore,
- tabs for their **Events** and **Posts**,
- on someone else's profile, **Events you're both going to**.

To see and edit your own, choose **My profile** from the menu under your profile picture.

## Follow someone

Open their profile and choose **Follow**. Their posts appear in your **Circles → Following** feed. Choose **Unfollow** to stop.

## Friends are people who follow each other

GatherEasy has no separate friend requests. When you follow someone and they follow you back, you're **friends**. To stop being friends, unfollow them. You'll still be friends again if you both follow each other later.

## Message someone

Choose **Start a DM** on their profile to open a direct message. See [Chats](https://help.gathereasy.rsvp/social/chats.md).

## Keep a private note

On the profile of someone you follow, there's a **Personal note** box. Write how you met or anything you want to remember (up to 1,000 characters) and choose **Save note**. Only you can see it.

## Your profile QR code

The quickest way to connect with someone you've just met:

1. Open **My profile** and choose the QR button (**My profile QR**).
2. The other person opens **Scan QR code** from their profile menu and points their camera at your code.
3. Your profile opens on their phone, ready to follow.

**Scan QR code** also has a **My QR** button, so you can show your code from the same screen.

Scanning needs camera permission and a secure (`https://`) connection.

## Your personal calendar

Your own profile's **Events** tab includes **My calendar**, which only you can see. See [Calendars](https://help.gathereasy.rsvp/attending/calendar.md#your-personal-gathereasy-calendar).

## Edit your profile

See [Profile and settings](https://help.gathereasy.rsvp/account/profile-and-settings.md).