# Better terms for watching (and tracking?)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-terms-for-watching-and-tracking/61038>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [15 أبريل 2017، 5:17م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-terms-for-watching-and-tracking/61038 "2017-04-15T17:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [17 أبريل 2017، 10:04م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-terms-for-watching-and-tracking/61038/22 "2017-04-17T22:04:37Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I fail to see what’s difficult about that.

The difficulty is just like I shared above - that explanation is fine for most. The issue occurs when users want details.

- mute = ZERO: perfectly clear, not sure how much more clear zero can be.
- normal = default: OK, but what is default? Normal is also affected by user preference settings like “Send me an email when someone quotes me, replies to my post, mentions my @username, or invites me to a topic”, and the content of the email is affected by other preferences.
- track = more: again, what is more? I agree with @tophee that the term notification is unclear. I always used the term to describe actions that appeared in the user menu. To me, the new/unread count is not a notification…
- watch = MAXIMUM: as you said, like mute this one’s pretty clear, give me _everything!!!_

Your list leaves out watching first post. As there is already a topic just for that, I’ll skip that hear. My thoughts (and confusion as to what the notification level after the initial notification is) are there.

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