# Discourse Narrative Bot Beta Feedback

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-narrative-bot-beta-feedback/58621
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** new-feature
**Created:** [March 8, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-narrative-bot-beta-feedback/58621 "2017-03-08T09:13:27Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-narrative-bot-beta-feedback/58621/9 "2017-03-10T01:38:07Z")

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

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/6/462ac6518da3370382f0b88a010ee1b636212b66.png)

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](https://meta.discourse.org/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…

> 🔔 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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