# 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:** [22 Maio , 2016 02:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602 "2016-05-22T02:40:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [22 Maio , 2016 02:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602/1 "2016-05-22T02:40:33Z")

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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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