# Allow all users to set topic reminders

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-all-users-to-set-topic-reminders/101508>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [November 7, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-all-users-to-set-topic-reminders/101508 "2018-11-07T09:35:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-all-users-to-set-topic-reminders/101508/7 "2019-08-02T08:12:47Z")

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The other reason it matters, the number of bookmarks helps tell you how _important_ a post is, alongside likes, read counter, cumulative read time, etc.

We should strengthen bookmark a lot and make it more useful.

The other weakness of “topic timers” is that they are per topic. Why? Why can’t I get reminded of two different posts in the same topic at different times.. or pick the first post if I want a “topic” bookmark reminder. Having this be per post is more logical / flexible and is already how bookmarks work.

I would love bookmark to be improved to be the “remind me about this” feature because it already is, it just never nags you like it _should_..

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