# How can I view a list of topics I posted in? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 21, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796 "2021-06-21T21:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796/1 "2021-06-21T21:48:59Z")
On the old board, the User Control Panel displayed a list of subscribed threads with new posts. All you had to do was change your settings to subscribe to every thread you posted in, and you had a list of threads you posted in that have new posts. The Unread list isn’t cutting it for me any more. I want what I described above; has anybody figured out how to do it with out a complex search that has to be repeated every time I want to view this list? I want what I want. Can anybody help me? ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796/2 "2021-06-21T21:52:33Z")
Answering the question in the subject: click on your own avatar in the upper right corner. Click the little person icon in the row of four icons (a bell, a bookmark, an envelope, and a person.) Then select ‘Activity’ from the menu. If that’s not what you want, and what you want is to automatically subscribe, I’m not sure if that’s possible. I don’t do that except on a thread-by-thread basis. ETA: go under ‘Preferences’ after following the above steps. Choose ‘Notifications’ on the left, and you can change the default behavior of how it subscribes you. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796/3 "2021-06-21T21:54:47Z")
This is a very handy shortcut: [https://boards.straightdope.com/posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/posted) Should show all threads you posted in. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796/4 "2021-06-21T21:57:36Z")
Oh, that’s cool, @What_Exit. It gives a different sort-order than the Activity feed I use - I think it’s sorting based on the freshness of the thread, rather than the date of your post. That could be very helpful! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796/5 "2021-06-21T22:03:57Z")
This, [https://boards.straightdope.com/latest?state=tracking](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest?state=tracking) is also usefull. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796/6 "2021-06-21T22:13:37Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > This is a very handy shortcut: [https://boards.straightdope.com/posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/posted) > Should show all threads you posted in. Damn, that’s useful. Thanks What\_Exit! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796/7 "2021-06-30T23:42:07Z")
I just discovered a setting which makes Unread more like what I prefer. I was able to turn off tracking for threads I just read, not posted in. Go to your profile, select the drop down menu that currently says Account, and select Notifications. Under “Consider topics new when” select “created since I was here last”. Under “Automatically track topics I enter” select “never”. Under “When I post in a topic, set that topic to” select “tracking”. That should render Unread to topics you posted in that have new posts since you were here last. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-topics-i-posted-in/944796/8 "2021-06-30T23:46:52Z")
That’s what I do. It has the added benefit of letting you subscribe to a thread without posting in it . . . like the old board.