# Automatically set Topics to Watching after posting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-topics-to-watching-after-posting/21230>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [17 أكتوبر 2014، 12:01م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-topics-to-watching-after-posting/21230 "2014-10-17T12:01:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [10 أكتوبر 2016، 5:59ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-topics-to-watching-after-posting/21230/14 "2016-10-10T05:59:06Z")

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I think this needs expanding per @cpradio’s PR. The wording is fine but the behavior need clarification.

- when default track
  - If I am watching a topic and post to it, does it become tracked (my call is no)
  - If I muted a topic and post to it, does it become tracked (my call is no)
  - If I explicitly set a topic to “normal” by changing it to “normal”, does ie become tracked (my call no)

Similar questions can be posed for “auto watch”.

Also, the 3 options may need a bit of refinement… the best options in my opinion are: (copy can be better)

“When I post in a topic, set topic to tracking”  
“When I post in a topic, set topic to watching”  
“When I post in a topic, leave notification state as is”

Also, perhaps this should be, when I _first_ post in a topic, so it only applies to first post in a topic, but that can get expensive so I am not 100% sure.

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