# How do I stop seeing "This is the first time X has posted" messages

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-i-stop-seeing-this-is-the-first-time-x-has-posted-messages/53207>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-i-stop-seeing-this-is-the-first-time-x-has-posted-messages/53207 "2019-03-22T11:25:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rockwell)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-i-stop-seeing-this-is-the-first-time-x-has-posted-messages/53207/1 "2019-03-22T11:25:08Z")

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Recently, when viewing a thread, messages have been included saying “This is the first time [person] has posted” or “We haven’t seen [person] recently” etc.

Is there any way to switch these off?

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**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-i-stop-seeing-this-is-the-first-time-x-has-posted-messages/53207/2 "2019-03-23T00:40:17Z")

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i don’t mind if they want to keep the “it’s the first time joe post”, so we can say welcome to the new members but i agree they could remove the “it’s been awhile since joe posted his last msg” this is useless to know imo.

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**Author:** ![Zepp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zepp/32/42136_2.png) [@Zepp](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zepp)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-i-stop-seeing-this-is-the-first-time-x-has-posted-messages/53207/3 "2019-03-23T02:49:57Z")

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I like these messages. They serve to let you know there are new ideas in a thread, not just the same echo chamber this forum normally is. I wouldn’t mind others have the option to remove the messages, but the default should be set to ‘on’

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**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-i-stop-seeing-this-is-the-first-time-x-has-posted-messages/53207/4 "2019-03-23T03:53:24Z")

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Yup i agree that way everyone is happy 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rockwell)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-i-stop-seeing-this-is-the-first-time-x-has-posted-messages/53207/5 "2019-03-23T11:44:49Z")

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If people like seeing them, fine, that’s their choice.

But, as I said in the OP, “Is there any way to switch these off?”