Hub 'follow' button disappearing

[DataOfficer]

On my hub initiative site (premium), we have a follow button. However this is not showing publicly. When I go in to the follow button settings to see what may be causing it, I get the following notification: "the selected initiative can only be followed by current followers". The documentation on this appears to be lacking. Any ideas how to resolve this so that the follow button appears publicly? The initiative is shared publicly (sharing level: Everyone (public).

[Anonymous User · Accepted solution]

In edit mode for your site/initiative, try visiting the "community" area...click the sharing option in the upper right and set it to public.

[DataOfficer]

Perfect, thanks!

[AnnalisaIob]

Hi - having the same issue and cannot find the community area of my site/initiative. I can only access my organisation's Hub community.  

[JanetSilb_Spike]

It's in the drop down in the upper left of your page under the title of your initiative. There you can choose community.  Once in the Community menu go to the upper right of the page & click the 'Visibility' icon. Mine was still set to teams. Once I changed it to Public the Follow button became visible to the public.

[JanetSilb_Spike]

I ran into this too. Thank you for the solution!