Welcoming New Members

[SpyderAnn01]

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Could you please translate your comments into non-computer English. I honestly have absolutely no idea what I need to do to eliminate all the new welcome messages. Isn't that what the issue is.....? Jim

I agree, I attempted to mark the forum as read, and I succeeded in losing all of the What’s New posts for all forums.

 

[ThreeWheels]

Yes, a whole host of robot generated messages appear whenever new members join.
It's great to be friendly and welcome new members to the site, but the sheer number of these automatic messages seems to dilute the effectiveness of the site.
A filter would be greatly appreciated.

 

[AnthonyG]

Could you please translate your comments into non-computer English. I honestly have absolutely no idea what I need to do to eliminate all the new welcome messages. Isn't that what the issue is.....? Jim

Always been a feature on the site

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I agree, I attempted to mark the forum as read, and I succeeded in losing all of the What’s New posts for all forums.

Thats why i said "mark that forum" read & not "mark forums read"

 

[PMK]

As a person that is not involved in the Welcome Wagon commitee, never really welcoming new members, seeing the new member posts was a bit much.

Took me a few seconds to try what Anthony recommended, so as needed or more likely, as I remember, I will mark that forum as read prior to opening “What’s New”.

As for the automated message info, seems ok to me as it contains good info a new member should likely know and those wishing to make posts personally welcoming others is cool too.

 

[PMK]

Always been a feature on the site



Thats why i said "mark that forum" read & not "mark forums read"

I did it similar but a touch different than your red circles. I clicked the topic above the one you circled that is about new members, that topic opened and then I moved the cursor to the right side drop down and marked that new members forum as read. After that I hit the Whats New.

No doubt if a new member post happens after I marked that forum as read, the new post could show up until I mark that forum as read again.

In some ways, and likely not possible with the website software, in the past, there was a huge amount of off topic posts. Myself I seldom participate in off topic, and others mentioned being able to block an entire forum. Doubt this is possible from a user settings standpoint. No big deal, the mark as read works fine for me.

 

[Easy Rider]

I wouldn't call an automated welcome from a computer "a more individual approach." Programming-wise, a welcome from a robot is technically proficient but also virtually meaningless.

+1

AND.....is this really set up to post the welcome message BEFORE the new user even finishes his registration procedure by verifying his email ????

I greatly appreciate the consideration that has been given to this forum and it's users in "our time of need" but I think this has just gone TOO FAR.
We don't want this; we don't need this.
To insist it is a good thing when everybody says it is a pain in the backside is just an insult.

Please reconsider.

 

[AnthonyG]

+1

AND.....is this really set up to post the welcome message BEFORE the new user even finishes his registration procedure by verifying his email ????

I greatly appreciate the consideration that has been given to this forum and it's users in "our time of need" but I think this has just gone TOO FAR.
We don't want this; we don't need this.
To insist it is a good thing when everybody says it is a pain in the backside is just an insult.

Please reconsider.

1. That was partially answered in this post, why would i create a post for a user that hasnt verified their email?

2. I see about 5 ppl that stated they dont like the welcome posts, but you claim "everybody" doesnt like it?

So your claim of its an insult is invalid, if you feel that "everybody " that is a member of the site dislikes it, please post a poll & ask all 20K+ registered members, just an fyi, im lucky if i get 200 ppl to read a poll, let alone vote on it for me.

 

[AnthonyG]

I did it similar but a touch different than your red circles. I clicked the topic above the one you circled that is about new members, that topic opened and then I moved the cursor to the right side drop down and marked that new members forum as read. After that I hit the Whats New.

No doubt if a new member post happens after I marked that forum as read, the new post could show up until I mark that forum as read again.

In some ways, and likely not possible with the website software, in the past, there was a huge amount of off topic posts. Myself I seldom participate in off topic, and others mentioned being able to block an entire forum. Doubt this is possible from a user settings standpoint. No big deal, the mark as read works fine for me.

I was just hovering over one forum to show what was asked about.

 

[AnthonyG]

Yes, a whole host of robot generated messages appear whenever new members join.
It's great to be friendly and welcome new members to the site, but the sheer number of these automatic messages seems to dilute the effectiveness of the site.
A filter would be greatly appreciated.

I can do that, thanks for asking politely & not bashing the welcome threads for new users!

We're simply trying to get them active, posting, keep them interested, while also providing them useful
links to help their experience on SL.

This very script is used on many sites i admin & run, its very effective on them all, its also custom coded from its original form, as all members of this site joining are moderated.