The discussion centers around automating PMs to users who provide the first solution to a post. satonotdead discovered that the “First accepted solution” automation trigger sends PMs every time a solution is accepted, not just the very first one, and questioned if this was intended behavior.
ondrej confirmed this issue after testing and suggested using the “Send PM Based on badge” trigger as a workaround. This involves enabling the “Solved!” badge (accessible via /admin/badges/103) and configuring the automation to trigger when the “Solved!” badge is awarded.
satonotdead noted that the Spanish translation of the “Solved!” badge (
I wonder about the best approach to use automation for sending a PM after the ‘very’ first solution.
It’s the ‘very first’ because I found the ‘first solution accepted’ option sends PMs on every one and not just on the ‘very’ first solution.
Is this the expected behavior or did I mess up something? I’m open to ideas and discussions about it.
I just want to send as few PMs and emails as possible, but still let users know we value their contributions as well.
I’ve tested this and it does seem to be the case where the First accepted solution trigger, triggers each time a solution is given instead of just the first time. I’s say there is something wrong here.
One way around this is to use the Send PM Based on badge trigger. First youneed to enable the ‘Solved!’ badge [1]
Then when you create the automation it should look like this. Solved! = Solved 1 badge by the way.
Add /admin/badges/103 to the url ↩︎
Thanks, I thought I could do it this way, but the Spanish translation of this badge is ‘Credenciales de usuario concedidas’ (aka ‘User credentials granted’) 
I hope my initial report will be useful. The issue is solved.
