# New users: error starting Discobot tutorial

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-error-starting-discobot-tutorial/319380>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** discobot\
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-error-starting-discobot-tutorial/319380 "2024-07-31T02:50:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-error-starting-discobot-tutorial/319380/2 "2024-07-31T03:56:02Z")

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I don’t _think_ that’s actually the issue because that setting doesn’t stop people responding to existing messages. Our setting here on Meta is:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/d/a/3daf8bc538553ca294cc444f60460a128f24af08.png)

…and new users can use the tutorial.

What error were they getting when they tried to respond before you changed it?

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