Not by default, but you can subscribe to any topic at the bottom of the page:
- How to subscribe to a topic
- Subscription.JPG (15.12 KiB) Viewed 2480 times
Note that the little "check mark" is not necessarily a status indication, but I think it works showing you the new state.
You should also be able to subscribe on a larger scale, to a sub-forum or a whole forum.