<b>The First-72-Hours Onboarding Loop</b>

<b>The First-72-Hours Onboarding Loop</b>
Most members who go silent do it in the first 3 days, not month 3. Build a fixed SOP (standard operating procedure) tied to join time, not vibes.

☐ Hour 0: auto-DM with one question they must answer to unlock posting
☐ Hour 2: a human (named, with photo) reacts to their intro
☐ Hour 24: tag them into one live thread matched to their intro answer
☐ Hour 48: send the single best evergreen resource, no pitch
☐ Hour 72: ask for one tiny contribution (a reply, a vote, a link)

The trigger is always elapsed time since join, fired by a scheduled job, never by a moderator remembering. Track the percent who complete step 5. That number is your real onboarding rate.

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