Edit: the message can will be customizable by instance admins.
Here’s the proposal
- create a !newcomers@piefed.zip community (I just did: https://piefed.zip/c/newcomers)
- set up a weekly thread on that community so that new people can chime in and ask their questions
- have people answer their questions
The last point requires existing users to keep an eye on that community, would people here like to do that? You would mostly just need to subscribe to the community and have a look from time to time
Also, if you have a better name idea than “newjoiners”, feel free to suggest it
Piefed.zip was selected as the zip instances are known to be stable, and having it on a different instance than piefed.social can help the new joiners understand federation with a practical example
The weekly post would always be pinned, people can ask questions there whenever they join
The post would be replaced weekly, but there would always be one available