# Can you watch new posts come in to a thread?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-watch-new-posts-come-in-to-a-thread/285934>\
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**Created:** [January 21, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-watch-new-posts-come-in-to-a-thread/285934 "2005-01-21T17:07:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-watch-new-posts-come-in-to-a-thread/285934/1 "2005-01-21T17:07:21Z")

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Sometimes, on a busy thread, posts come in every few minutes. If I post to a thread, and I’d like to wait and see if anyone responds to my post, how is that done? I have the impression that, once you’ve opened a thread, no new posts appear unless you close that thread and come back.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-watch-new-posts-come-in-to-a-thread/285934/2 "2005-01-21T17:12:46Z")

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You could just reload the page. (Not quite the same as closing and reopening – just refresh the page in your browser.)

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-watch-new-posts-come-in-to-a-thread/285934/3 "2005-01-21T17:20:24Z")

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You can subscribe to the thread, which will notify you via email when there are new replies to it. You can have an email sent to you immediately, for fast-moving threads, or daily or weekly for less active threads.

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**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-watch-new-posts-come-in-to-a-thread/285934/4 "2005-01-21T17:20:38Z")

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There’s also the “Subscribe to thread” feature, where you get an email notification when a new post comes in.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-watch-new-posts-come-in-to-a-thread/285934/5 "2005-01-21T17:21:27Z")

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Too slow, **wolfie**. 😉