# Muted categories should not hide Tracked/Watched topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-categories-should-not-hide-tracked-watched-topics/34441>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [13. Oktober 2015 um 06:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-categories-should-not-hide-tracked-watched-topics/34441 "2015-10-13T06:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpitts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@tpitts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpitts)\
**Post date:** [13. Oktober 2015 um 06:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-categories-should-not-hide-tracked-watched-topics/34441/5 "2015-10-13T06:29:45Z")

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I believe it has to do with the following:

> [@Muted categories are too atomic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-categories-are-too-atomic/16546):
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> When you mute a category now, every new topic in the category is muted. Our implementation is actually a bit simpler and diverges from the explenation. Muted Categories: Are suppressed from latest list. All new topics in the muted category have “muted” state for the user. I think this behavior is incorrect. Wanting to mute a topic is a “last resort”, you use it as an ejector seat for a topic you are done with. “I am out of here, don’t want to hear from you ever again”. No more @…

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