--On Thursday, July 30, 2020 18:24 +0100 Adrian Farrel <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Meeting with newcomers… > > At a physical meeting it's easy: spot the Newcomer ribbon; > walk up; say hello. Or watch for people standing around looking bewildered, walk up, and ask if there is something you can help with. And that may be another reason why creating a Gather.Town or equivalent (I hope with a greatly reengineered UI with more presence of people and names and less of advertising) version of the Newcomer Meet-and-Greet might be especially helpful. > In Gather.Town it is only complicated by: > > * You're not in Gather.Town > * They're not in Gather.Town > * You don't know they're a Newcomer I am having visions of color-coding the Meetecho participant lists and Gather.Town names and avatars to match the growing number of badge dots and ribbons. Probably more like a nightmare :-( best, john
