# Notification when a participated topic is edited
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** notifications
**Created:** [May 8, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334 "2024-05-08T23:57:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/1 "2024-05-08T23:57:53Z")
say,
A posted a topic,
B and C posted comments below
days later
A modified the topic, is it possible to have B/C get a notification for the topic modified…
seems this is not a common case, just ask if there is some discussion on this already…
thanks…
modified to test
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### Author:  [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/2 "2024-05-09T01:25:23Z")
Looks like that is possible if you set the notification bell for the topic to “watching,” then there is supposed to be a notification sent if there are edits.
Edits may also cause topic to appear at the topic of most recent topic list.
> [@Configuring Default Notification Settings for Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-default-notification-settings-for-users/285619/8):
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> When a new topic is created in a category or tag that you have the notification level set to Watching First Post, you will be notified when the topic is first created. After being notified about the topic creation, the topic will default to the “Normal” notification level, unless you manually change the notification level for the topic, spend enough time in the topic to automatically track the topic according to your Automatically track topics I enter preferences, or post in that topic dependin…
This is an older topic about that may not all be accurate with current state of discourse, in this it is mentioned edits don’t ever create notifications except notifying original author of a post if someone else edits their post:
> [@Editing posts cause notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-posts-cause-notification/104873/2):
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> What you’re describing is not really possible. What do you mean by “I have been updated”? What exactly did you do, step by step? Describe it in detail? Your question is unanswerable until you provide this information. Edits don’t alert anyone in Discourse.. ever, that I can think of. You will be notified if someone else edits your post by default, using the typical Discourse notifications.
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/3 "2024-05-09T02:31:05Z")
**watching** only notify when there is a reply, the case I describe is when the post is modified…
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/4 "2024-05-09T02:32:09Z")
Watching does notify when the OP is edited, EX:
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/5 "2024-05-09T02:36:31Z")
not really, I just tried the case…
A post a topic,
B set to watching this topic
A modified the main topic content,
B did not get a notification.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/6 "2024-05-09T02:38:57Z")
Strange, could you try editing your OP here? I’m pretty sure I get notifications for edits and I am watching this topic…
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/7 "2024-05-09T02:39:56Z")
thanks @Firepup650
just modified the main post
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/8 "2024-05-09T02:40:52Z")
Interesting, I didn’t get a notification for that. I wonder what the difference on the other topic is…
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/9 "2024-05-09T02:41:29Z")
if I post a new comment here, you will get a notification for sure,
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### Author:  [@Architect](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Architect)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/10 "2024-05-09T02:43:59Z")
There are a couple admin settings that seem to be for this:
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/11 "2024-05-09T02:45:15Z")
> [@fbpbdmin](#):
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> if I post a new comment here, you will get a notification for sure,
Indeed, as well as if I was quoted or mentioned.
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/12 "2024-05-09T02:54:57Z")
I have both unchecked. they are not disabled.
anyway, it seems not a common use case, just got asked by a member ID
“get notified when a post modified”, I don’t see it is really needed either, seems too much,
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/13 "2024-05-09T08:18:16Z")
> [@fbpbdmin](#):
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> it seems not a common use case
I kind of disagree. For me and few smaller forums it is almost every day issue. I would say when a forum is… very content centric and first post is more than a question and longer there is and will be situations when something important has added or changed on OP. Kind of same thing than with wikis but by one user only.
I normally write one liner and tell what is changed or added and will delete that post after a while or after next post in that topic.
How that should notified to users… I don’t know.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/14 "2024-05-09T12:02:36Z")
Have three more edit notifications today, I do wonder why I get those, and I didn’t get one for the OP here being edited yesterday… 🤔
For that matter, I got a notification for _this topic_ being edited when Jammy added the #notifications tag.
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### Author:  [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/15 "2024-05-09T12:20:04Z")
This is a need for us as well. I actually have always assumed that users _have_ been getting notifications for edits.
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/16 "2024-05-09T12:22:45Z")
> [@Firepup650](#):
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> For that matter, I got a notification for _this topic_ being edited when Jammy added the #notifications tag.
because these are admin edits.
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/17 "2024-05-09T12:29:37Z")
> [@jordan-violet](#):
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> This is a need for us as well. I actually have always assumed that users _have_ been getting notifications for edits.
my wild guess this should not be hard to implement,
- say, currently in a topic, when there is a new topic, a function is triggered, in which all participants will be notified.
- in the system, when any post is edited, there is an event, could hook that up to the function that does the notification.
and there could be a setting to let notified or not for participated topic being edited.
still feel this might be too much…
comparing to github issue, it does not notify for comment or issue body edits.
and this could make system more busy, esp, when there are a big number of users…
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/18 "2024-05-09T13:03:12Z")
I don’t believe that’s the case, given some of the other edits I’ve had triggered are on wiki posts.
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/19 "2024-05-09T14:57:32Z")
> [@Firepup650](#):
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> given some of the other edits I’ve had triggered are on wiki posts.
I tried the case with wiki post using two regular ID accounts, it does not notify tho…
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-participated-topic-is-edited/307334/20 "2024-05-09T15:48:52Z")
Perhaps try leaving a post unedited for a few hours and see if that makes a difference? Perhaps it won’t send notifications within X time of the topic being created.
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