# Suggestion: watched category auto-set when added to group
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-watched-category-auto-set-when-added-to-group/73762
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [Novembre 9, 2017, 2:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-watched-category-auto-set-when-added-to-group/73762 "2017-11-09T14:16:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@David\_Baker1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Baker1)
#### Post date: [Novembre 9, 2017, 2:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-watched-category-auto-set-when-added-to-group/73762/1 "2017-11-09T14:16:46Z")
It would be helpful if there was a setting when setting up a Group that let me set a Category that should be watched for any User that is added to the group.
We are a non-profit using Discourse to manage volunteers groups (and replacing mailing lists). When a person volunteers to join a group it would be easier if the category dedicated to discussion for that group started automatically notifying her of new activity. She can un-watch it if she wants, of-course, but it gets her started easier in the group flow.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [Novembre 9, 2017, 3:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-watched-category-auto-set-when-added-to-group/73762/2 "2017-11-09T15:19:58Z")
These two plugins ([GitHub - arpitjalan/discourse-watch-category-rzim · GitHub](https://github.com/techAPJ/discourse-watch-category-rzim/),
[GitHub - amical/discourse-watch-category: Watches a category for all the users in a particular group · GitHub](https://github.com/amical/discourse-watch-category/)) do that, though they need to be customized by modifying the code rather than in system settings.
Let me know if you want me to do that; it’s probably an hour or two, depending on how many groups we need to configure.
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### Author:  [@David\_Baker1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Baker1)
#### Post date: [Novembre 9, 2017, 3:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-watched-category-auto-set-when-added-to-group/73762/3 "2017-11-09T15:22:13Z")
My first goal is to see if it can be seen as valuable enough to adopt as a core setting.
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### Author:  [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)
#### Post date: [Novembre 9, 2017, 4:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-watched-category-auto-set-when-added-to-group/73762/4 "2017-11-09T16:49:36Z")
I wrote an RFC in this vein a while back:
> [@Spec: set group default category notification settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spec-set-group-default-category-notification-settings/55148):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Make members of a group watch a category by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-members-of-a-group-watch-a-category-by-default/22127): (splitting out from this topic, because it’s quite old, there’s a bit of noise, and I really want this.) We have the need to set the default notification settings of groups on our Discourse instance within Mozilla, and I’d like to build the feature upstream because it seems like its something a number of users could benefit from. I see this being implemented in much the same way that default category notificat…
Haven’t been able to find the development time for it yet, though.
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### Author:  [@David\_Baker1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Baker1)
#### Post date: [Novembre 9, 2017, 5:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-watched-category-auto-set-when-added-to-group/73762/5 "2017-11-09T17:36:49Z")
If it was a plugin would it fit into the UI of the Group Settings screen? Forgive my ignorance of how seamless plugins can be in the UI.
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### Author:  [@jmlord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmlord)
#### Post date: [Février 8, 2024, 8:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-watched-category-auto-set-when-added-to-group/73762/6 "2024-02-08T20:27:15Z")
Ceci est maintenant intégré !
Voir [Make members of a group watch a category by default - #92 by sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-members-of-a-group-watch-a-category-by-default/22127/92?u=jmlord)