Don’t get me wrong, If used right, Auto-DMs are a good feature!👌 But they’re lacking one important part: A personal touch👥 “The way a member joins your community determines how active they’re going to be.” If you’re welcoming them with an auto-generated message, they’re much more likely to not even be active at all in your community🙅♂️ BUT, If you actually take the time to make a personalized Loom for them, showing them around and inviting them to a call,📞 where you just want to get to know them. They’re much more likely to be active afterwards!🙋♂️ Look, we as humans seek interaction with other humans. If you tell them to introduce themselves,🗣️ they’ve automatically started interacting with members in your community. Because there will always be some people welcoming them. Well, it’ll be at least you👋 PLUS, You can also use this method to book more onboarding calls☎️ Just tell them: “If you found this call helpful, I’d be happy for you to make a post about it in the community. This will help me speak to more people. Thank you!” There’s one downside though, it’ll take you more time to welcome everyone⏰ But that’s what an engaged community is worth :)