The discussion revolves around the annoyance of “First X” badges on Discourse. matklad finds these notifications, such as “Earned ‘First Like’”, annoying as a seasoned Discourse user and suggests a “skip tutorial” checkbox to disable them. However, others pointed out that a skip option is already available for the tutorial, but not specifically for badge notifications.
matklad discovered that a fix for disabling badge notifications was recently implemented, but it may not have been applied to all Discourse instances. anon73664359 and Falco confirmed that the specific instance matklad is using, Zig Forum, is running an outdated version of Discourse, which is likely the cause of the issue. It is recommended that the admins update the instance ASAP to include the latest fixes and security patches.
I really enjoy using discourse, and at this point I think I’ve joined dozens of various discourses across the open source community. Joining the new discourse is actually a pretty common activity for me, and I do find various low-level badge notifications like “editor” annoying. I see how they can be useful for users new to the platform, to teach them what’s available.
But, as a discourse veteran, I’d love there to be some form of “skip tutorial” checkbox when I register for a new discourse.
I think this is different. What I am talking about are notifications for badges specifically. Skipping the tutorial doesn’t remove the “Earned ‘First Like’” notification. Basically, as a new user, I need to dismiss a notification for any action I do, as many actions are awarded with some kind of “First” badge.
Looks like Zig is running an over 6 months old install that is missing several fixes, including security ones. You may want to ask the admins to update it ASAP.
