It is possible to do it through the rails console (and also the API too), but I would consider carefully whether you should or not. If a user has deliberately made a choice to Watch or Mute a category (or tag or topic) then overriding that choice is likely going to be undesired. They can also simply flick it back to what it was, so you may not gain anything.
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