# Activity Summary - Default Frequency

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-summary-default-frequency/153441>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** activity-summary\
**Created:** [June 1, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-summary-default-frequency/153441 "2020-06-01T06:32:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activity-summary-default-frequency/153441/4 "2020-06-02T16:53:16Z")

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> [@markersocial](#):
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> The only minor difference, unless I’m mistaken, is that this will overwrite this preference for all users, even if they have modified it.

I am fairly sure that when the `default email digest frequency` site setting is changed and the option to apply the changes historically is selected, the digest frequency is only changed for users who have not yet modified the setting from their preferences page.

I have tested this on my development site and that’s the behaviour I’m finding. The relevant code is here: [discourse/app/controllers/admin/site\_settings\_controller.rb at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/controllers/admin/site_settings_controller.rb#L41).

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