Does anyone know a safe way to set the notification levels for all users on a topic to a single value? I’m guessing that it would be something in the Rails console. I want to set all the users on a topic to “Mute” or “Normal” instead of “Watching” or “Tracking.” The goal is to reduce activity on a…

Though, just to note, if they’re Watching it then they’d still get notifications when it’s Unlisted. [image] j127: Does anyone know a safe way to set the notification levels for all users on a topic to a single value? I’m guessing that it would be something in the Rails console. I think you …

Admin menu Settings User Preferences Wait sorry you mean just 1 topic. Yeah imagine may need rails

[image] j127: The goal is to reduce activity on a big topic in a complex moderation situation. What about enabling Slow Mode? Would not it help to reduce the activity? :thinking: [image]

[image] Arkshine: What about enabling Slow Mode? This situation is complex and I don’t want a visual indication that triggers a public discussion about it that might take up hours of moderation time. (I’m already completely overwhelmed.) The ideal outcome is that people just aren’t reminded t…

I would unlist the topic. Then it is hidden from the forum so probably most users won’t see it there anymore. But when they have a link to that topic (e.g., because they received a notification), they can still open the topic.

[image] JammyDodger: I think you can now use the /t/TOPIC_ID/notifications endpoint to set the notification level for a user on a specific topic, if that’s a more appealing choice than the rails console? Thanks for the detailed response. I’ll try the API tomorrow.

How to change the notification levels for all users on a topic?

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What about enabling Slow Mode? Would not it help to reduce the activity?

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