# 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 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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作者： ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
发布日期： [2016 年7 月 3 日 20:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-members-of-a-group-watch-a-category-by-default/22127/47 "2016-07-03T20:44:22Z")

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It’s worth noting that Watching a category doesn’t watch the _category_ by default

it only watches the topic which are created after a member joins.

> [@When changing category watch state, prompt to also change state of all topics in that category at the time of change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-changing-category-watch-state-prompt-to-also-change-state-of-all-topics-in-that-category-at-the-time-of-change/46767/5):
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> Yes – otherwise, the change affects only new topics, while you still won’t be notified to replies in old topics.

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