# Post notices for first-time and returning users
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** new-feature, post-notices
**Created:** [March 19, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078 "2019-03-19T17:25:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/56 "2020-05-07T03:31:12Z")
You could send a PM (which would email them if they’re not onsite). What are you actually trying to achieve though?
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### Author:  [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/57 "2020-05-28T20:13:29Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> No, this won’t be happening, the current behavior is very intentional.
Should this at least be changed for tutorial PM?
Not many new users start the tutorial as the very first thing (actually, not many do at all), but those who do have the new user notice posted inside a tutorial, where no one will ever see it.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/58 "2020-05-29T01:30:35Z")
That is an excellent point, we should prevent it in that case, I agree.
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### Author:  [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/59 "2020-06-09T14:34:11Z")
It’s not only the tutorials. Private messages in general shouldn’t be candidates to display this notice.
Example:
Our new forum is still very small and (following Discourse’s advice somewhere) we are welcoming every new user with a personal message. It is not unusual that the first post of a new user will be a reply to the lovely message we send them. 🙂 And their reply shows the “This is the first time…” notice. This is means that whenever they comment publicly for the first time, no notice will identify them as new contributors.
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### Author:  [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/60 "2020-06-09T17:41:24Z")
Maybe edit the welcome message with a notice, “Please do not reply to this message. No one will see this.”
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/61 "2020-09-03T11:01:38Z")
Hi Jeff,
Are there any plans for the new user notices not appearing in PMs. Will this be going forward?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@alxndr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alxndr)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/69 "2023-07-08T19:04:44Z")
> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> - `min post notice tl` This controls the trust level of who can see these special notices, the default is TL2.
This appears to be split in to `new user notice tl` and `returning user notice tl` now?
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/70 "2023-07-10T15:29:25Z")
Yes, thanks for mentioning it. I’ve updated the original post.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-notices-for-first-time-and-returning-users/112078/71 "2025-05-12T23:39:12Z")
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