Ask people how they feel about Alexa's "follow up" suggestions ;)
It's not easy to do discoverability in general. Especially not through an intentionally limited modality. People study this stuff, many businesses and product researchers have spent years workshopping ideas. If it was a quick and easy idea like "just tell the user" then it wouldn't be a challenge in 2024.
The problem with "show messages... suggest followups" is that you can't teach the user about new features that are unrelated to their current interaction because it feels like advertising, and its distracting to their current task at hand.
Ask people how they feel about Alexa's "follow up" suggestions ;)
It's not easy to do discoverability in general. Especially not through an intentionally limited modality. People study this stuff, many businesses and product researchers have spent years workshopping ideas. If it was a quick and easy idea like "just tell the user" then it wouldn't be a challenge in 2024.
The problem with "show messages... suggest followups" is that you can't teach the user about new features that are unrelated to their current interaction because it feels like advertising, and its distracting to their current task at hand.