User setting to disable post notices for first-time and returning users

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A user schneeland requested a per-user setting to disable post notices for first-time and returning users, noting that current controls are only available on a per-community basis and require admin rights. They referenced an older support thread where the OP ultimately didn’t seek a per-user option. awesomerobot confirmed no such per-user setting exists, explaining that the only control is a site-wide trust level setting (returning user notice tl) aimed at hiding notices from new users. They suggested keeping the request as a #feature to gauge interest, possibly bundling it with the existing user setting Skip new user onboarding tips and badges. schneeland appreciated the feature request status and, while noting the distinction from onboarding tips, expressed openness to combining the settings to avoid cluttering the UI.

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I was wondering: is there a way to disable post notices for first-time and returning users on a per user basis? Having read the announcement post it seems, it can be only done on a per community basis, but I would like to turn them off for communities where I’m just a regular user (e.g. here on Discourse Meta) and where I do not have admin rights. So far, I haven’t found anything in the settings, but maybe I’m just not looking in the right place.

(there was an older support post on this, but if I understood it correctly, there the OP ended up not wanting a per user setting)

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No, there’s no per-user setting for these. The primary feature for controlling visibility of these is a site-wide trust level setting returning user notice tl — but this is primarily a way to not show them to new users.

This is probably worth keeping around as a Contribute > Feature request to gather interest, so I’ve re-categorized it. Perhaps this could be bundled with the user setting Skip new user onboarding tips and badges?

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Thanks! Keeping it as a feature request is appreciated.

And though I feel, it is a bit different from the onboarding tips, I wouldn’t be completely opposed to combine it with that setting (to keep the number of options from expanding).