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

# Connect With Photographers

> Keep up with people, respond to their work, and see what happens around yours.

Recipe Room is built around photographers sharing what they make and how they made it. The community becomes more useful when people follow work they value, ask thoughtful questions, and show how Recipes are being used.

## Keep up with work you care about

Follow a photographer when you want to see what they publish next. You can follow them from their profile and from supported Post or Recipe views.

Following also helps Home and Explore understand which photographers and styles matter to you.

## Start a useful conversation

Use a like when you want to show quick appreciation. Leave a comment when you want to ask about the conditions, settings, process, or result.

Good conversations add something to the work. Keep critique constructive, specific, and welcome. Direct messages and group chats are available when a conversation belongs away from the public thread.

Read [Notifications and Messages](/profile/notifications-and-messages) for message controls and safety guidance.

## Keep and share what matters

Bookmark a Post, Recipe, or collection when you want to return to it privately. Build a collection when several pieces belong together around a look, camera, project, place, or mood.

Public collections let other photographers browse the set while every Post and Recipe remains connected to its original creator.

## Show a Recipe in use

Linking a Post to the Recipe used is more than a label. It lets people move from the photograph to the settings and gives the Recipe another real interpretation.

If you adapt the settings from an existing Recipe, create a Fork instead. Use a title that isn't identical to the source. Recipe Room may show the source where that information is available.

Read [How Posts and Recipes Connect](/creating/how-recipes-and-posts-connect) and [Recipe Types](/creating/recipe-types) for the difference between linking, saving, adding, and Forking.

## See what happens around your work

Activity brings the useful moments together. It can show when another photographer follows you, responds to your work, saves something, links a Post to your Recipe, or creates a Fork.

These signals help you see where your work is travelling through the community. They're context, not a score or a guarantee of future reach.

## Share beyond Recipe Room

Supported Posts, Recipes, collections, and profiles can be shared outside the app. The shared destination keeps the type of content and its creator clear, subject to account and access requirements.

For conduct expectations, read the [Community Guidelines](/profile/community-guidelines).