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    Resolution: Low Engagement
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Joe raises an issue.
Fred comments on the issue, asking a question.
Joe replies.
Fred never sees the reply, because he isn't a watcher.
I'm sure this is a common scenario (certainly is on jira.atlassian.com). We could fix this by having an "Add me as a watcher" checkbox on the comment page, unchecked by default.
- is duplicated by
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                    JRASERVER-11784 Have some switchable user property saying "add me as watcher of an issue as soon as I comment it" - Closed
 
- is incorporated by
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                    JRASERVER-18505 View & Edit Issue Improvements - Gathering Interest
 
- relates to
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                    JRACLOUD-5624 Add 'watch this issue' checkbox to comment page - Closed
 
