Good idea! You could probably do this with a global.

is_watched =>
sub {
my $id = shift;
return $DB->table('ThreadWatch')->count( { user_id_fk => $USER->{user_id}, thread_id_fk => $id });
}

and then do:

<%if is_watched($post_root_id)%>
.. display stop watch
<%else%>
.. display watch
<%endif%>

Cheers,

Alex
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