# subscribing to a thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-a-thread/280833>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 20, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-a-thread/280833 "2004-12-20T19:02:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-a-thread/280833/1 "2004-12-20T19:02:15Z")

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I’m sure this has been asked a hundred times before, but when I tried searching I got 18 million threads about being a paid subscriber.

Is there a way to subscribe to a thread without posting in it?

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-a-thread/280833/2 "2004-12-20T19:25:02Z")

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When reading a thread, there is a pulldown menu in the upper right corner of the screen called “Thread Tools”. You can subscribe from there.

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**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-a-thread/280833/3 "2004-12-21T13:34:46Z")

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Awesome!  
Thanks!