# Dynamic text with unread section (when empty) **URL:** \ **Category:** UX\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-text-with-unread-section-when-empty/220202 "2022-03-06T14:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeemah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zeemah/32/252179_2.png) [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-text-with-unread-section-when-empty/220202/1 "2022-03-06T14:20:51Z")
Hi, I believe this should be dynamic based on user preferences. For example, if I read a topic for more than 4 minutes and I have changed my preferences to a set a topic to **Tracking** after 10 minutes. This statement is false and no longer applies. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/3/031d40a7662acdeb085e616cdf16a70716bcdefa.png) I wouldn’t see topics in the unread section if they aren’t set to **Tracking** or **Watching** , would I? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/5/0533f55b4147a6bfb377a7545ca4013c9347e047.png) Kind Regards, Zee. ---
**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-text-with-unread-section-when-empty/220202/2 "2022-03-06T14:45:04Z")
The blurb says ‘By default,’ at the start, so I think it’s currently meant to just list the default settings, and then offer a link to your Preferences/Notifications where you can tweak them to suit. The ‘replied to the topic’ one can be changed as well, so that text could be considered false for some too. A dynamic one might be good, but I’m not sure how many people read that message more than once? ---
**Author:** ![Zeemah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zeemah/32/252179_2.png) [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-text-with-unread-section-when-empty/220202/3 "2022-03-06T14:47:29Z")
> [@JammyDodger](#): > > The blurb says ‘By default,’ at the start You’re right! Completely missed that part actually. > [@JammyDodger](#): > > A dynamic one might be good, but I’m not sure how many people read that message more than once? Probably not many considering `Unread` is hidden if you don’t have any topics in there. It was mostly a correction at first, but as you pointed out it is a statement based on default settings, so this topic doesn’t make sense any more. A feature adding dynamic text here probably isn’t worth it at all. Thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-text-with-unread-section-when-empty/220202/4 "2022-03-08T03:07:00Z")
Technically a site operator could change the default there, but I guess they could also change the translation so we are sort of covered. I do though like the idea of a “per user” blank Unread tab. @codinghorror / @andrei . This is actually a fairly common page to reach now (cause you can easily clear unread) so it would be nice to call out **your specific** settings vs calling out the site default. We could also call out “tracked tags and categories” for example: > Topics are considered unread and will show unread counts if you: > > - Tracked the topic > - Created the topic > - Replied to the topic > - Read the topic for more than 10 minutes > - Visited a topic in categorized: #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > Feature and 3 others. Something like that … not sure.