Stack Exchange Post Watcher

Stack Exchange Post Watcher

Watch questions & answers on the Stack Exchange network of sites to find out when they are edited, commented on, answered, and more!

What is Stack Exchange Post Watcher?
Stack Exchange Post Watcher is a Chrome extension that allows you to watch questions & answers on the Stack Exchange network. Keep track of edits, comments, and more with ease. Accessible and unobtrusive, it lets you go back to modified posts to reconsider your vote or comments, or simply find out the answer yourself. Get notified with a small coloured badge when changes are detected. Install now and start watching posts on Stack Exchange!
Merlin
Stats
Users: 22 ▼ -1
Version: 1.2.1 (Last updated: 2022-07-26)
Creation date: 2019-05-18
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • storage
  • alarms
  • notifications
  • *://*.stackoverflow.com/*
  • *://*.stackexchange.com/*
  • *://*.superuser.com/*
  • *://*.serverfault.com/*
  • *://*.askubuntu.com/*
  • See more
Size: 71.92K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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Summary

A very frequently requested feature-request on meta sites across the Stack Exchange network is to be able to watch posts for changes.

This extension allows you to watch posts by clicking the 'watch' button added to the actions under every post on the Stack Exchange network, letting you keep track of edits, vote changes, post state changes (e.g. closures), new comments, and new answers!

Now you can easily go back to a post once it's been modified to reconsider your vote or comments, or because you wanted to know the answer yourself!

The extension adds an unobtrusive icon to your extension bar and adds a small coloured badge when a change has been detected. It checks the API every 10 minutes for any changes to posts in your watch list. It will prompt you for an access token on first install to give it a higher quota for querying the API.

If you would like any additional watch options, please make a feature request in an issue at the Github repo: https://github.com/shu8/stack-exchange-post-watcher/issues. I'll try my best to add it in!

This extension is also available for Firefox! Install it from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/stack-exchange-post-watcher/!

Safety
Risk impact

Stack Exchange Post Watcher is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Stack Exchange Post Watcher if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Stack Exchange Post Watcher has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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