# Sharing approaches to using automation to send messages to members

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-approaches-to-using-automation-to-send-messages-to-members/383691
**Category:** Community Building
**Tags:** automation
**Created:** [August 21, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-approaches-to-using-automation-to-send-messages-to-members/383691 "2025-08-21T12:15:38Z")
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### Author: ![haydenjames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/haydenjames/32/255678_2.png) [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-approaches-to-using-automation-to-send-messages-to-members/383691/20 "2026-05-24T08:58:32Z")

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> [@Moin](#):
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> because a Discourse update about a month ago silently disabled the `Disable Discourse Narrative Bot welcome post` without telling me.

I honestly wish settings were not toggled around after updates. Feels a bit invasive. I’m only finding this out today because I was using impersonate to check something else on test TL0 user and realized previously accepted behavior had changed and so I came here.

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