# New users aren't starting the discobot tutorial
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** discobot
**Created:** [May 19, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995 "2017-05-19T05:39:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 5
### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/96 "2023-12-13T21:04:49Z")
Ah, not all sites have Discobot set up the same. Ours is the default experience here, so if you do try it out further let us know how you get on. š
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### Author:  [@Sabrina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sabrina)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/97 "2025-05-22T16:35:46Z")
> [@Ralph](#):
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> e idea of getting badges was fun, and when I saw that there was a badge to get for completing a tutorial, of course I tried to find that tutorial. I looked everywhere, and I couldnāt find it. Eventually, I gave up.
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> Of course, I was looking for a place where āfor the tutorial, click hereā was written or something like that. It never would have occurred to me that you actually had to reply to discobot to get that tutorial.
I totally agree with you. As you, I also was looking for a place where āfor the tutorial, click hereā was written.
At last, I thought the answer was hidden too, but it was not. It take some time to realize
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### Author:  [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/98 "2025-05-22T17:04:26Z")
If we operate Discobot with artificial intelligence, would it provide a more engaging and effective learning experience? Additionally, the points or badges earned after basic training could serve as a valuable incentive.
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/99 "2025-05-22T22:11:03Z")
This would really do well with some UX magic applied to it - and maybe some AI smarts if they are available on the instance.
As it is, the uptake of the tutorial is very poor, and hardly any of my new users seem to find it/them without me signposting it super clearly to them.
Iām sure we can do this better.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/100 "2025-05-28T00:23:06Z")
Itās very important to remember when proposing changes here ā any individual human only needs to complete the tutorial once, on any forum.
The things it teaches are universally transferable to all other Discourse forums. Completion somewhere else is good enough.
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### Author:  [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/101 "2025-05-29T02:01:55Z")
This is a great point. I hope the admins at the dozen or so other Discourse-based forums I frequent arenāt fretting that I never took _their_ Discobot tutorial. š
(Asana, Atlassian, Baserow, Bitwarden, BoingBoing, Canonical, Cloudflare, Ghost, Johnny Decimal, Kirby CMS, Manjaro, Mozilla, Obsidian, Signalā¦ Discourse is everywhere!)
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/102 "2025-05-29T07:18:11Z")
The majority of my users are having their first Discourse exposure when they join my site; I suspect that you two are outliers.
But yes, we donāt want it too intrusive or it will irritate the Discourse-savvy (if you are lucky enough to have them!)
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### Author:  [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/103 "2025-05-29T15:52:16Z")
> [@nathank](#):
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> The majority of my users are having their first Discourse exposure when they join my site
Fair enough ā Iām sure it depends on the nature of the forum. (And yes Iām probably a bit too online.)
I do think Discobot could be made more discoverableāparticularly the advanced tutorialāwithout becoming a bother.
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### Author:  [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/106 "2026-03-07T10:52:47Z")
> [@nathank](#):
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> The other tweak that would help [is making it truly one click](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-a-new-pre-filled-personal-message-via-url/35984/30), or adding text into the URL to explain to the green user that they must hit the āMessageā button.
I have a question about that: if the person is already reading a message from Discobot (the welcome message), does it have to open a new conversation?
> [@Ralph](#):
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> Of course, I was looking for a place where āfor the tutorial, click hereā was written or something like that. It never would have occurred to me that you actually had to reply to discobot to get that tutorial.
This is actually what Iād like to have in my welcome message.
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### Author:  [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-arent-starting-the-discobot-tutorial/62995/107 "2026-03-13T04:36:13Z")
You _can_ have it in your welcome message, but it will take you some time to configure it nicely. Iād love to see it as a nice and tidy default though - this would be way superior to the status quo!
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