# Plugin suggestion - Set "watching" as default for a specific category on user signup

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-suggestion-set-watching-as-default-for-a-specific-category-on-user-signup/31024>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 13, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-suggestion-set-watching-as-default-for-a-specific-category-on-user-signup/31024 "2015-07-13T17:58:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![adierteschik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adierteschik/32/116230_2.png) [@adierteschik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adierteschik)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-suggestion-set-watching-as-default-for-a-specific-category-on-user-signup/31024/1 "2015-07-13T17:58:16Z")

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Hey,

I’m looking for a way to add every new user as a “watcher” in an updates category automatically as he/she signs up for our discourse instance.  
All I could find were instructions on how to run a specific piece of code to change it for existing users in the database: [Setting defaults to enable mailing list mode-Temporary Solution](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-defaults-to-enable-mailing-list-mode-temporary-solution/25645)

So, I’m thinking of writing one myself.. Is anyone else working on something similar? Any tips/how2s/things I should know?

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