# How do you subscribe to a thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 19, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933 "2018-01-19T00:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/1 "2018-01-19T00:38:27Z")
And how do you use that subscription to call the the thread back up? ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/2 "2018-01-19T00:49:13Z")
Are you using a web browser or a forum viewer like Tapatalk? GaryM ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/3 "2018-01-19T01:04:51Z")
Using a browser, if you click the “thread tools”, that will place a nav section at the bottom of the thread. There, is a hyperlink that says “Subscribe to this Thread”. Click it and it will take you to a menu of options in your User CP. Alternatively, at the top of each thread, there is a drop down for “thread tools” and a subscribe option as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/4 "2018-01-19T05:02:46Z")
I’m using a browser, mostly on an iPad. > [@Bone](#): > > Alternatively, at the top of each thread, there is a drop down for “thread tools” and a subscribe option as well. Thanks. Ok, I went to the thread I want to subscribe to. I used the drop down menu to subscribe. Now how do I locate my ‘subscribed to’ threads? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/5 "2018-01-19T12:51:56Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I’m using a browser, mostly on an iPad. > > Thanks. Ok, I went to the thread I want to subscribe to. I used the drop down menu to subscribe. Now how do I locate my ‘subscribed to’ threads? Click on User CP (control panel), top left on the board header. You will see your active subscribed threads. Below the list of threads is a link to See All Subscribed Threads. That gets you old, inactive ones. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/6 "2018-01-19T14:26:30Z")
You can also subscribe to a thread when posting. Under the reply box there’s a section of “Additional Options” with a drop-down menu for “Thread Subscription.” Pick any option except “Do not subscribe” and you’ll be subscribed when you post. You can also set your default option for this. Click User CP, then on the left under Settings & Options click Edit Options, then in the second section (“Messaging & Notification”) you can find a dropdown menu for “Default Thread Subscription Mode.”) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/7 "2018-01-19T15:14:15Z")
Thanks for the replies. But I’m doing something wrong. Using the drop down menu I click on Subscribe to this thread. And then when I go to the CP it reads, “ New Subscribed Threads: (0) There are no subscribed threads to display in this folder for this time period”. I tried subscribing to several threads as a test. I keep getting the same result. Does one need to be a paid member to access this feature? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/8 "2018-01-19T15:39:12Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Thanks for the replies. But I’m doing something wrong. Using the drop down menu I click on Subscribe to this thread. Then a button should come up that says “Add Subscription.” Are you clicking this button? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/9 "2018-01-19T15:47:29Z")
Ok, that’s what I was doing wrong. I finally got it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-subscribe-to-a-thread/806933/10 "2018-01-20T20:51:13Z")
I could have told you all that myself but thought you were asking a rhetorical, philosophical question.