Set category tracking level defaults for *new* users

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I was surprised to learn that the default categories watching first post setting only applies to current users and the setting doesn’t affect new users.

I was just wondering if I am overlooking something obvious regarding how to apply this setting to new users before I go about developing a custom solution.

Related topic:

(Obsolete) Set category tracking level defaults historically

Following the release of Discourse v2.4.0.beta7 (or if you have this commit), admins now have the option to set the category tracking levels of all existing users when setting the default category tracking levels in their site settings: Add a category to one of the following site settings, then select the green checkbox button. [10%20PM] A modal window will pop up with the following options: [10%20PM]

The old way using the console

Discourse allows you to specify default…