You may not immediately have access to all forum features. That is a safety measure to prevent bad actors from spamming or causing problems. As you spend time on the forum, you will gain Trust automatically through participation - reading and responding to posts.
[!tip]
One way to build Trust is to alert the Tutorial account @discobot. If you take the automated tutorial, it will send you a private message and walk you through some Discourse functions to get you started.
Hi! To find out what I can do, say @discobot display help.
@discobot display help
I currently know how to do the following things:
@discobot start {name-of-tutorial}
Starts an interactive tutorial just for you, in a personal message.
{name-of-tutorial}can be one of:tutorial, advanced tutorial.
@discobot roll 2d6
3, 6
@discobot quote
Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest. — Sri Chinmoy
@discobot fortune
You may rely on it
Send a message with
@discobot start tutorial
and then
@discobot start advanced tutorial
when you are done with that one to explore advanced posting techniques.
@discobot display help
I currently know how to do the following things:
@discobot start {name-of-tutorial}
Starts an interactive tutorial just for you, in a personal message.
{name-of-tutorial}can be one of:tutorial, advanced tutorial.
@discobot roll 2d6
@discobot quote
@discobot fortune
@discobot start tutorial
Welcome! You can do this in a private message, too. Click on discobot’s profile picture, then the Message button.