# Watching/Tracking old Topics

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-tracking-old-topics/51606
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 16, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-tracking-old-topics/51606 "2016-10-16T13:15:18Z")
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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: [October 16, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-tracking-old-topics/51606/7 "2016-10-16T23:59:33Z")

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Perhaps, one thing that is “cheap” that we could do.

If a topic in a tracked category is bumped, add it back to “new” for whatever the new duration is.

Still would feel somewhat odd.

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