Question

Ik this has been requested before, but I love for it to be requested AGAIN. Being an Ambassador, you are supposed to welcome new users, correct? Well, what about we can get a notification saying "NewUser747 has just joined OpenStudy!" so we can contact the user, Welcoming them, and showing them how to use the site. This would be helpful for us Ambassadors.

Answer 1

That's a great idea. :O

Answer 2

great suggestion. But annoying to say every second, "NewUser747 has just joined OpenStudy!" "NewUser747 has just joined OpenStudy!" "NewUser747 has just joined OpenStudy!"

Answer 3

...but I think that only ambis should get the notification...

Answer 4

...because as @jagr2713 said, it will annoy some people.

Answer 5

Yes, Ambassadors only is what I meant =3

Answer 6

Also...how about if an ambi is offline? Will they still get the notifs?

Answer 7

No, because it'll just back up and stuff

Answer 8

they will come the next day to 3000 notifications. i came today with 56 notifications

Answer 9

But a user doesn't sign up withen 2 seconds of another user, so it wouldn't be such an overload of notifications

Answer 10

Not always at least LOL

Answer 11

yeah this would help ambi's like me :p

Answer 12

Laughing ;P

Answer 13

lol @acxbox22

Answer 14

there's already a so and so asked their first question in the chats thing

Answer 15

True, BUUUUT I don't look at the chats the whole time I am on

Answer 16

Not sure about you, but ;p

Answer 17

True...but in my opinion people ignore that @jigglypuff314

Answer 18

@jigglypuff314 tbh i find ithat feature kinda annoying c

Answer 19

exactly @EclipsedStar

Answer 20

And you would be able to turn it off or on

Answer 21

well, if you're looking for people to welcome, then you look at it
if you aren't interested in the new people, then just keep ignoring it xD

Answer 22

you know a major problem on OS is that most newcomers leave after the first 3 minutes of their first question because of being ignored
this slows the growth of OS itself

Answer 23

I personally think it might be more bothersome to have such a notification, because many alt accounts are made daily (sometimes because someone forgets their passward/email and other times because of evading suspension)

Answer 24

for me i go to every subject and scroll down and see who is new and welcome them. Like go to math or other subjects ull see me say welcome in some of them

Answer 25

Yes, and it's possible that the "new" users already know all about os and how it works.

Answer 26

I noticed that @jagr2713 . Almost every single new user is welcomed by him. XD

Answer 27

lol i have no life.... D: lol

Answer 28

The thing about welcomes though is that we also should help them
it's always awkward when trying to welcome someone but not actually being able to help with their question...
http://openstudy.com/users/e.mccormick#/updates/52890468e4b0c6de5ca60cdb

Answer 29

i always do that i welcome them but not answer their question lol

Answer 30

Instead of welcoming the user upon signup, lets get notifications for only three sections upon First Question. Feedback, Math and English. This will go on until the other sections pickup.

Answer 31

Help first, welcome later =3
It'll make them feel more welcomed and not ignored.

Ayways, back to the topic

Answer 32

i do that to @Compassionate

Answer 33

Or we can have a toggle switch and choose which sections we want to be notified for. For example, I'm a great Health Student and could help new users upon First Question in Health Sciences but not so much in Chemistry. So, we try to spread Ambassadors out over an equal playing field so every section has 1 or 2 Ambassadors that can greet users.

Answer 34

*if we had that many active ambassadors to spread out like that*

Answer 35

Ya'll need Jesus. Ambassadors need to pickup the load. I've been disappointed lately in their overall activity. I can name 4 Ambassadors that are very active, and two of them are in this thread, and one of them is me.

Answer 36

*two*
*goes into corner and cries*
I'm not active? ;-;

Answer 37

i like this idea no i love this idea :)

Answer 38

You and Sammix are very active.
And one of the other four is me.
The other one being Yana.

Now, I've always stressed BostonBlue's idea of assigned section and stand firmly behind this. Spreading the welcoming committee over an equal playing field helps. Look at all the unanswered new questions in our dead subjects. A better system needs to be implemented. Just not notifications - because EVERY AMBASSADOR will get flooded and it will cause confusion and havoc. Assigned Notifications to Assigned Ambassadors in their respective topics is simply logical. An Ambie getting a notification for Mathematics when he's dyslexic doesn't make sense; a health major being notified in English would just be combersome.

Answer 39

@Compassionate i am one of the 4 right

Answer 40

Are you an ambi yet @jagr2713 ? o.O

Answer 41

joke. LOL

Answer 42

Sorry I take things too seriously.....XD

Answer 43

lol

Answer 44

ok so we have
Idea: Get notifications for when new user signs up to OpenStudy
Problem: Getting notification spammed
Idea 2: Getting notifications for First Questions in Specific Topics

Answer 45

Hmm....so to not let the notifications area get spammed, how about a separate tab exclusively for the "new user" notifs?

Answer 46

I do that, but every user I click immediately shows offline right when I click them. It's weird.

Answer 47

yea me to

Answer 48

http://gyazo.com/6ade015cc5e3103cf0e0de7c22064cf0

Answer 49

Maybe a glitch? Sometimes it says \(I'm\) offline. :/

Answer 50

THat is something else, but this happens only with new users. Right when I click their username to go send them a message, it says they are online, but then suddenly turns offline right after their pop-up preview profile pops up. Happens with 4-5 users in a row every time I do it

Answer 51

Do those particular users already have an ss of at least 3? :/

Answer 52

Maybe a ss of 0 affect something...?

Answer 53

0-15 usually