# Watch Users Setting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-users-setting/120716>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [June 18, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-users-setting/120716 "2019-06-18T17:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-users-setting/120716/9 "2020-04-29T00:06:20Z")

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One huge question I have here is what value this would provide over having a slightly different category structure?

If you have posts that you really want everyone to be aware of you could create a category for announcements and make sure people watch or track it.

Can you expand on some real world examples of when this feature is desirable. There are also lots of concerns around the “followed” feeling bad. If every time a celebrity posts on a form the same 50 people like them and reply to them cause they have them on the crossfires it can be quite stressful for said celebrity. Also.. how does this not become a popularity contest?

I have many questions here 🙂

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