Welcoming New Members

[Anonymous]

On the Community "home page" there is a wee section entitled "Please welcome our newest community members: "   and that is indeed a nice thought and a nice thing to do.  However, when I clicked on some of the names I noted that quite a few have not yet actually posted anything so it would seem the only way to welcome them would be to send a PM.  As new members they might not even be aware of the PM feature. 

I am assuming the "Please welcome ....." data is auto-generated - and if that is the case is it a useful function?  Would it not be more realistic and more natural to welcome a new member when they post their first message?

[Anonymous]

You guys can also go to the home page, scroll down and you will be able to see who has recently join the community:

Would be great if you welcome them in the welcome thread

[Marjo]

Also adding to the above that if you use the @-mention in your welcoming post, the member will get a notification on it.

[Anonymous]

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@Marjo wrote:

@Also adding to the above that if you use the @-mention in your welcoming post, the member will get a notification on it.

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Is that a default setting @Marjo ?

[jonsie]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Marjo wrote:

@Also adding to the above that if you use the @-mention in your welcoming post, the member will get a notification on it.

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Is that a default setting @Marjo ?

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Yes it is....

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Marjo wrote:

@Also adding to the above that if you use the @-mention in your welcoming post, the member will get a notification on it.

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Is that a default setting @Marjo ?

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Yes it is....

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Ta!

[MI5]

But thankfully, can be turned off.