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  Joe 8 years ago

  I love that idea actually. People may just want to read and not participate so this is a great option.

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  Sigg3 8 years ago

  I like the #NewHere initial post as a draft idea :)

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  Mukt 8 years ago

  In Diaspora, you can choose not to post it, it is presented like a draft or something. #NewHere is a good tag to have for beginners, btw. Helps them find resources better.
  
  Also, it shifts the decision to the newb if he wants to use it.

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  Johnnynull 8 years ago

  I'm not quite getting the thread, but in Diaspora (if I remember correctly), your first post is automatically populated with something like "I'm #NewHere", so you could follow that tag if you wished. I don't recall there being any sort of drawback.

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  Joe 8 years ago

  True. I guess we could offer to fill in a welcome message for them to post.

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  Sigg3 8 years ago

  @Joe But that might be intimidating for others... :D

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  Joe 8 years ago

  Yea I think it could get really noisy you're right. I'll have a think. The good thing about a post is it automatically subscribes the new user to the post so people can interact with them straight away.

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  Sigg3 8 years ago

  @Joe This could be very noisy if pjuu scales up. When I joined there was a greeting on the user page directing me to #pjuu, which was sufficient. This leaves it up to the user. We could also add a #bot which users could "ask for directions".

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  Joe 8 years ago

  Yea that would work also. Like "Hello @name #welcome to #pjuu"

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  Sigg3 8 years ago

  I always thought #pjuu was a nice tag for welcoming new users:)

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  Joe 8 years ago

  There is no direct way to see this. I can in the dashboard which just shows me a couple extra things like server status and that. I was thinking of adding a welcome message when someone activates their account so you see it on the global time line or looking at a hashtag like #welcome.

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