diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 39344eb28f9..d17a1eb6ec5 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
       user.staged = false
       user.active = false
       user.custom_fields[FROM_STAGED] = true
+
+      DiscourseEvent.trigger(:user_unstaged, user)
     end
     user
   end
@@ -383,7 +385,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def read_first_notification?
     if (trust_level > TrustLevel[1] ||
-        created_at < TRACK_FIRST_NOTIFICATION_READ_DURATION.seconds.ago)
+        (first_seen_at.present? && first_seen_at < TRACK_FIRST_NOTIFICATION_READ_DURATION.seconds.ago))
 
       return true
     end
diff --git a/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb b/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
index cb95d19cba9..22dede0bbc8 100644
--- a/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ after_initialize do
     end
   end
 
+  self.on(:user_unstaged) do |user|
+    user.enqueue_bot_welcome_post
+  end
+
   self.add_to_class(:user, :enqueue_bot_welcome_post) do
     return if SiteSetting.disable_discourse_narrative_bot_welcome_post
 
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index a0bcda79d8f..eb1fbd6fcf9 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ describe User do
 
     describe 'when user is an old user' do
       it 'should return the right value' do
-        user.update_attributes!(created_at: 1.year.ago)
+        user.update_attributes!(first_seen_at: 1.year.ago)
 
         expect(user.read_first_notification?).to eq(true)
       end
@@ -1581,9 +1581,10 @@ describe User do
   end
 
   describe "#unstage" do
+    let!(:staged_user) { Fabricate(:staged, email: 'staged@account.com', active: true, username: 'staged1', name: 'Stage Name') }
+    let(:params) { { email: 'staged@account.com', active: true, username: 'unstaged1', name: 'Foo Bar' } }
+
     it "correctyl unstages a user" do
-      staged_user = Fabricate(:staged, email: 'staged@account.com', active: true, username: 'staged1', name: 'Stage Name')
-      params = { email: 'staged@account.com', active: true, username: 'unstaged1', name: 'Foo Bar' }
       user = User.unstage(params)
 
       expect(user.id).to eq(staged_user.id)
@@ -1598,6 +1599,14 @@ describe User do
       expect(User.unstage(email: 'jeff@somewhere.com')).to be_nil
       expect(User.unstage(email: 'no@account.com')).to be_nil
     end
+
+    it "triggers an event" do
+      unstaged_user = nil
+      event = DiscourseEvent.track_events { unstaged_user = User.unstage(params) }.first
+
+      expect(event[:event_name]).to eq(:user_unstaged)
+      expect(event[:params].first).to eq(unstaged_user)
+    end
   end
 
 end