# Rotating the author of New User Guidance PMs between moderators

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-the-author-of-new-user-guidance-pms-between-moderators/22136
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2014年十一月13日 17:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-the-author-of-new-user-guidance-pms-between-moderators/22136 "2014-11-13T17:26:45Z")
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### Author: ![Vocino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vocino/32/85136_2.png) [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)
#### Post date: [2014年十一月13日 17:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-the-author-of-new-user-guidance-pms-between-moderators/22136/1 "2014-11-13T17:26:45Z")

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The personalized PM new users get is very valuable. I want to structure the new user PM as a personal message about who we are and what we do that has a human touch (not to try to pass it off as non-automated but to give it more personality). However, PMs written with that tone can generate a lot of replies.

I propose a feature where the author of these new user posts is rotated between Moderators. This would require a checkbox option to `Rotate New User Guidance PM between Moderators` as well as a new variable `%{author_name}` that could be included in the template.

With this setup, I can effectively spread the workload of great NUX and the response it receives with the other members of my team.

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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [2014年十一月14日 07:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-the-author-of-new-user-guidance-pms-between-moderators/22136/2 "2014-11-14T07:03:08Z")

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Really like the idea, but definitely sounds like plugin material to me. Do you really imagine most forums being in dire need of this? 😉

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### Author: ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [2014年十一月14日 12:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-the-author-of-new-user-guidance-pms-between-moderators/22136/3 "2014-11-14T12:20:36Z")

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I’d imagine it as the same site setting but instead of a text field, it’d be a multi selector like the post action buttons or banned word list. Discourse would then just choose randomly between the values each time.

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [2025年十二月4日 11:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-the-author-of-new-user-guidance-pms-between-moderators/22136/4 "2025-12-04T11:32:49Z")

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