# When a post is moved to a new topic by a moderator, the moved post's author is not «Watching»
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-post-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-by-a-moderator-the-moved-posts-author-is-not-watching/51779
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [20 oktober 2016 om 11:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-post-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-by-a-moderator-the-moved-posts-author-is-not-watching/51779 "2016-10-20T11:49:03Z")
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### Author:  [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [20 oktober 2016 om 11:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-post-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-by-a-moderator-the-moved-posts-author-is-not-watching/51779/1 "2016-10-20T11:49:03Z")
When a post is moved to a new topic by a moderator, the moved post’s author does not have the «Watching» notification level the new topic.
Also happens when moving out of messages
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [16 juli 2018 om 23:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-post-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-by-a-moderator-the-moved-posts-author-is-not-watching/51779/3 "2018-07-16T23:42:32Z")
Slowly untangling us from various split / merge bugs has been on our list for a while. @Osama can you take this?
When you post a new topic it is always considered “watched” by you. So we should also force you to watch it if your new topic is a result of a split.
Eg:
Topic 1 (sam is watching):
- Sam
- Bob (split here)
- Jane
New Topic 2 (bob is watching)
- Bob
- Jane
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [17 juli 2018 om 00:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-post-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-by-a-moderator-the-moved-posts-author-is-not-watching/51779/4 "2018-07-17T00:01:59Z")
The other thing that’s weird is posts moved to a different (or new) topic will show up as unread to you, even if you’ve already read them. Lots of quirks here, it may take some time to work through them, but we have a _lot_ of accrued technical debt here and it’s probably time to pay down that debt..
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### Author:  [@Osama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Osama)
#### Post date: [18 juli 2018 om 12:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-post-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-by-a-moderator-the-moved-posts-author-is-not-watching/51779/5 "2018-07-18T12:35:18Z")
Fixed in:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/6106](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/6106)
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### Author:  [@Osama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Osama)
#### Post date: [20 juli 2018 om 07:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-post-is-moved-to-a-new-topic-by-a-moderator-the-moved-posts-author-is-not-watching/51779/6 "2018-07-20T07:22:23Z")
Fix is merged