# 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:** [2014 年 11 月 13 日午前 8:27 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:** ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Post date:** [2016 年 7 月 1 日午後 12:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-members-of-a-group-watch-a-category-by-default/22127/44 "2016-07-01T12:25:05Z")

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Wow, this is very exciting.. hope to try it out soon!

> [@alehandrof](#):
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> Users don’t automatically stop watching categories if they’re removed from a group. Should this be an (optional) feature? What happens if a user is removed from a group that prevents them from having access to a category that they’re still watching?

In the official user defaults, I have every user watch all relevant categories by default. If they aren’t in a group which gives them permission to view - they simply don’t get the messages. No problem.

This way, if they are added, they automatically start getting the right messages.

I don’t think it’s important that you have users auto-stop watching categories if they are removed from a group. If they auto-start again when re-added to a group then it’s kinda 6-one-way, 1/2 dozen-the-other, however, the logic as to which groups to remove them from based on what membership could get really ichy if two groups each grant access to a given category, and a user is removed from just one group.

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