# Preference: Automatically Watch Topic when I am @mentioned, quoted, or invited
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [5월 22, 2016, 2:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602 "2016-05-22T02:40:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [5월 22, 2016, 2:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/1 "2016-05-22T02:40:33Z")
On some other systems, once you are “mentioned” you are automatically watching that topic.
I think this would be useful for communities who are used to such behavior, and/or where login is required and the members already have a high level of trust with each other.
Here’s my proposal for this feature:
> **Other**
> When someone quotes me, mentions my @username, or invites me to a topic, set that topic to [Watched | Tracked | Normal] default is Normal.
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The specific proposal above is based on the verbiage in the existing user preference (below) and the proposed spec for this other feature request here: [Automatically set Topics to Watching after posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-topics-to-watching-after-posting/21230)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5월 22, 2016, 5:01오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/2 "2016-05-22T05:01:56Z")
This seems rather extreme, as anyone could force you into a rather high level of notifications on a topic, basically against your will. I can’t recall hearing any custome ever ask for this?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [5월 22, 2016, 5:10오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/3 "2016-05-22T05:10:39Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> anyone could force you into a rather high level of notifications on a topic, basically against your will
Assuming the preference defaults to off, the user should be consciously aware of that when turning this on. From the description, it is clear that other users trigger the bump in notification level.
I can see where this is useful, particularly in mailing-list mode. Say I watch the cat category. I get emails for all posts there. A user mentions me in the jaguar category, which I don’t watch. I’ll get the email about that post, but nothing afterwards. This would fix that.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [5월 23, 2016, 4:00오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/4 "2016-05-23T04:00:11Z")
I think it is fair for an “internal” discourse instance where everyone is trusted. For public instances it seems very scary.
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [5월 23, 2016, 10:45오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/5 "2016-05-23T10:45:54Z")
This edge use case will be further mitigated by having the [track-status changeable from the always-visible sidebar menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-change-tracking-level-from-topic-summary/28512). Once you follow that mention, quote or invite to a post mid-stream, you can immediately decide whether to start watching this topic or leave it be.
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [5월 23, 2016, 11:50오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/6 "2016-05-23T11:50:53Z")
Trust your community by default. Let the admin turn it off if it gets abused?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5월 23, 2016, 11:58오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/7 "2016-05-23T11:58:11Z")
Uh, no, it is the opposite. Safe by default, let risky potentially damaging or dangerous features be manually enabled by admins.
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### Author:  [@appeltaartje](https://meta.discourse.org/u/appeltaartje)
#### Post date: [2월 11, 2025, 7:51오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/8 "2025-02-11T07:51:25Z")
안녕하세요,
저희는 디스코urses(Discourse)를 처음 사용하며, 현재 슬랙(Slack)에서 비즈니스를 위한 비공개 디스코urses 커뮤니티로 이전하고 있습니다. 활성 사용자는 약 50명이며, 많은 주제와 메시지가 생성되고 있습니다.
메시지와 주제가 많이 생성되기 때문에 모든 내용을 실시간으로 따라가기 어렵습니다. 그래서 현재 놓쳐서는 안 되는 주제가 있을 때 해당 사람을 태그(@)하고 있습니다.
현재 직면한 과제 중 하나는 포럼/디스코urses 경험이 거의 없거나 없는 사용자에게 가능한 한 직관적인 경험을 제공하는 것입니다.
사이드바에 '읽지 않음(Unread)'을 추가했습니다. 누군가에게 멘션된 메시지도 ‘읽지 않음’ 목록에 표시되면 좋겠습니다. 그렇게 하면 사용자는 한 곳만 확인하면 됩니다.
포럼 사용법에 익숙하지 않은 사용자에게는 ‘읽지 않음’ 탭에만 의존하도록 하면 경험을 단순화하고 중요한 논의를 놓치지 않도록 할 수 있습니다.
오래된 주제에 게시하여 죄송합니다. 적절하지 않은 게시라면 이 메시지를 삭제해 주셔도 됩니다. 하지만 이 옵션을 추가할 계획이 여전히 있는지 궁금합니다.