# How to watch a tag intersection
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** tags
**Created:** [October 10, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228 "2018-10-10T22:00:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@dplanella](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dplanella)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/1 "2018-10-10T22:00:08Z")
Hi,
I know it’s possible to watch a single tag and get notifications:
> **[Topics tagged feedback](https://meta.discourse.org/tags/feedback)**
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> Topics tagged feedback
Is it possible to watch an intersection of tags? It seems that in that case the watch function is no longer available in the tag view:
[https://meta.discourse.org/tags/intersection/feedback/dashboard](https://meta.discourse.org/tags/intersection/feedback/dashboard)
My particular use case would be for a different set of teams to get notifications when there is feedback for a particular part of a project. For instance the backend team would be watching `tags/intersection/feedback/backend` and the frontend team would be watching `tags/intersection/feedback/frontend.`
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/2 "2018-10-10T22:17:46Z")
This isn’t currently possible. A couple of workarounds you could go for:
- Have dedicated “dashboard-feedback” and “frontend-feedback” tags
- Add “dashboard” and “frontend” to a tag group with “feedback” as the parent. This would prevent “dashboard” and “frontend” being used unless “feedback” is present. Then people could safely watch “dashboard” or “frontend”. That may or may not be useful for your site.
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### Author:  [@dplanella](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dplanella)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/3 "2018-10-10T22:36:00Z")
Thanks for suggesting some possible workarounds!
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### Author:  [@PackElend](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PackElend)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/4 "2019-10-26T15:12:31Z")
> [@david](#):
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> This isn’t currently possible. A couple of workarounds you could go for:
any chance that will be possible soon?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/5 "2019-10-28T06:25:13Z")
It is going to require a plugin. I don’t see this feature landing in core any time soon.
It is quite complicated to explain the UX to end users and even if we did support that then we would need new backend to support storing this pref.
Best you can do now without a custom dedicated plugin is maybe use [Discourse Saved Searches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saved-searches-plugin/67901)
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### Author:  [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/6 "2020-01-09T16:51:54Z")
@dplanella we’re building navigation based on tag intersections, you’d be welcome to join in. We’d be making tag intersections the main way to move around the site, either by typing them into a search bar, or by clicking to add a new tag to your current location so the users experience branches out like a tree.
I assume you mean that you want notifications if someone posts there.
@syl 's Docuss plugin allows watching a tag (although its not its main purpose so i’m not sure if it fits your use case, but it could inspire a specialised solution). Syl, you use tag intersections a lot, can users watch an intersection?
I tried to find a page that might also be useful which i found a while back, but i drew a blank. I found this: [Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/u?period=yearly) for user stats, but i thought i had previously seen a page like this which filters by category and shows who the top posters in that category are. I’ve lost it though.
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### Author:  [@syl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/syl)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/7 "2020-01-09T21:19:08Z")
> [@Andy02](#):
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> @syl 's Docuss plugin allows watching a tag (although its not its main purpose so i’m not sure if it fits your use case, but it could inspire a specialised solution). Syl, you use tag intersections a lot, can users watch an intersection?
Unfortunately, Docuss has no such feature. It uses the standard “single tag watching” capability.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/8 "2023-11-07T21:50:18Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-watch-a-tag-intersection/99228/9 "2023-12-14T12:32:21Z")