# Force watch single topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-watch-single-topic/120879>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 20, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-watch-single-topic/120879 "2019-06-20T08:21:26Z")\
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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:** [June 20, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-watch-single-topic/120879/2 "2019-06-20T08:35:11Z")

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If you are the admin / staff on the site, you can force people to do whatever you want (in terms of preferences) either via the command line, or impersonation.

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