# New "group" notification mode
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729 "2016-03-08T08:53:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729/1 "2016-03-08T08:53:21Z")
I posted this here [Get notified of new topics, but not posts - #36 by carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-notified-of-new-topics-but-not-posts/12809/36)
but that pretty much got lost. Would it be possible have a new group notification mode that posts about new topics but not for replies, unless the user actually replied to it?
The usecase is to pretty much make support handling perfect: We want to know when there are new posts, but once someone starts dealing with a post, it’s that person job to finish it, the others shouldn’t be notified of changes.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729/2 "2016-03-08T10:29:27Z")
Maybe at some point, but I have a bunch of stuff that is way ahead of this.
- Live refresh on groups filter (so new stuff streams in like the front page)
- Optionally allow you to show excerpt of last post on group mail boxes
- A filter for “stuff you are involved with” like archived
There is also, an option of a plugin that allows you to “assign” stuff but not on my roadmap quite yet.
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### Author:  [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729/3 "2019-08-19T21:18:51Z")
…did anything ever come from this idea?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729/4 "2019-08-21T04:03:09Z")
There are quite a few similar workflows you can get with the assign plugin and tagging.
At the moment any user can “watch first posts” / “watch” / “track” all new messages to a group.
@carlokok is there actually anything left to do here?
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### Author:  [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729/5 "2019-08-21T05:18:52Z")
I think the “watch first posts” covers this yes (that wasn’t available when I posted this). Thanks!
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-group-notification-mode/40729/6 "2019-08-21T05:21:01Z")