# Make members of a group watch a category by default

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-members-of-a-group-watch-a-category-by-default/22127
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed
**Created:** [13 november 2014 om 08:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-members-of-a-group-watch-a-category-by-default/22127 "2014-11-13T08:27:01Z")
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### Author: ![blau](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blau/32/34145_2.png) [@blau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blau)
#### Post date: [13 november 2014 om 12:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-members-of-a-group-watch-a-category-by-default/22127/3 "2014-11-13T12:39:10Z")

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Also similar to this:

> [@Watch category on bulk invite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-category-on-bulk-invite/21456):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Bulk Invite Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-invite-users/15899): TLDR : what about adding watched categories in bulk invite CSV file ? I would like to create a school parent discussion forum. My need is to create a private part of the forum for each class. What I have already done : Create a user group for the class named CLASS1 Create a category named CLASS1 where only user of CLASS1 group can access Bulk invite parents to CLASS1 group. What is missing is to add CLASS1 category as a watched category. …

The actual design philosophy now is to put the user in control of its notification options and to let social factors rule whether an user watches a category or not.

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