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Patrick Bass Submitted
Jun 7, 2026 9:51am Reviewed
Jun 7, 2026 9:51am Summary
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## New Member Onboarding
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When you join, the onboarding flow helps you set up your profile and discover content you care about.
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When you join, an onboarding journey helps you set up your profile and discover content you care about. Each community designs its own journey, so the exact steps you see depend on how your community set things up.
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### Steps
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### Typical steps
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1. **Choose your interests** — select topics to seed your feed and recommended forums.
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2. **Set your display name and avatar** — personalize your profile.
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3. **Explore forums** — the guide links to the most active forums in your interest areas.
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1. **Choose your interests**. Pick topics to seed your feed and recommended forums.
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2. **Join communities**. Opt into the member communities that match your vibe.
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3. **Set your display name and avatar**. Personalize your profile.
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4. **A welcome and first steps**. A greeting plus prompts to get started.
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### Skipping onboarding
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You can skip any step or go straight to the community, and revisit your interests and profile settings any time from **Account → Settings**.
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You can skip any step or navigate directly to the community. Revisit your interests and profile settings at any time from **Account → Settings**.
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### For community admins
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On Pro and up, you design the whole sequence yourself in your admin area under **Community → Onboarding**: add steps, reorder them, write your own copy, choose which picks new members make, and add a drip of intro emails over their first days. Build a journey, make it live, and every new member follows it. With no journey active, members get the standard interest picker above.
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New Member Onboarding
When you join, the onboarding flow helps you set up your profile and discover content you care about.
Steps
- Choose your interests — select topics to seed your feed and recommended forums.
- Set your display name and avatar — personalize your profile.
- Explore forums — the guide links to the most active forums in your interest areas.
Skipping onboarding
You can skip any step or navigate directly to the community. Revisit your interests and profile settings at any time from Account → Settings.
## New Member Onboarding When you join, the onboarding flow helps you set up your profile and discover content you care about. ### Steps 1. **Choose your interests** — select topics to seed your feed and recommended forums. 2. **Set your display name and avatar** — personalize your profile. 3. **Explore forums** — the guide links to the most active forums in your interest areas. ### Skipping onboarding You can skip any step or navigate directly to the community. Revisit your interests and profile settings at any time from **Account → Settings**.
