# Unwanted thread subscriptions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-thread-subscriptions/292134>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 27, 2005, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-thread-subscriptions/292134 "2005-02-27T08:06:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-thread-subscriptions/292134/1 "2005-02-27T08:06:27Z")

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Recently, I noticed that some threads I’ve posted to have appeared in my User CP as subscribed threads. Luckily for me and my email account, the “no notification” option is active, but – why would this be happening? I don’t click on any “subscribe to this thread” I can see, and it doesn’t happen with every thread. Right now, every so often, when I see the “subscribed” icon turn up on the screen, I just go empty 'em out of the CP.

I’m using Firefox 0.9.3.

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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:** [February 27, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-thread-subscriptions/292134/2 "2005-02-27T08:17:57Z")

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Go [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/profile.php?do=editoptions) and make sure the “Default Thread Subscription Mode” pulldown menu is set to “Do not subscribe”

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-thread-subscriptions/292134/3 "2005-02-27T08:19:56Z")

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Just checked. It already is. I’ve never wanted subscriptions to threads.