Despite cancelling the automatic follow-up after posting in the backend settings or personal center settings, I still get automatically followed after posting. I tested on several different sites and encountered the same issue. So, is this a bug?
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The discussion revolves around users’ inability to prevent automatic topic following after posting, despite disabling related settings. chenxiangcheng reports that even after adjusting preferences, they are still auto-followed when creating topics. Moin clarifies that the setting shown in the screenshot applies to replies, not topic creation, and explains that users are automatically set to ‘watching’ a topic they create, as it’s logical to receive notifications about replies. chenxiangcheng acknowledges the misunderstanding and asks how to avoid following newly created topics. tkforbes suggests manually setting the topic notification level to ‘Muted’ for each new topic. Lilly references an existing feature request to address this, which chenxiangcheng supports with agreement.
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The preference you show in your screenshot is about replying (“posting in a topic”, not “posting a topic”), but the reason shown next to “watching” is that you have created the topic.
I don’t think there is a setting for the default notification level of topics you create. It makes sense to expect that, in general, users want to receive notifications about replies to a topic they create.
I just created an account at try.discourse.org, adjusted my preferences, and replied to a topic.
As expected, the notification level is “normal” after I replied.
It seems like I misunderstood, just as you said. Haha
But how can I set it up so that I can post new threads without following them?
I think this is the existing feature request - New setting for watch/track preference when posting new topic
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I strongly agree 