Discourse Narrative Bot Beta Feedback

I’ve merged the original 1.7 welcome message with the 1.8 bot intro message:

Some of this info was presented if the user engaged with the interactive tutorial but we need it to be front-loaded so they get it, even if they never do anything with the bot, or bot replies are disabled.

The key bits of info conveyed are:

  1. How to contact staff (and lets people know yes, this is a robot) cc @ChrisBeach
  2. Hints about trust levels and badges, as a new user
  3. Reminder of community guidelines, this is Civilized Discourse after all

So no interaction with the bot is perfectly fine now, we meet the primary 3 goals of the new user welcome message. If they don’t interact with the bot, they don’t get offered any tips or tricks though…

:bell: Most people won’t reply to the bot so the cost is no different than 1.7, a single brief welcome PM that gives them the basics (and teaches them about notifications and PMs)

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