diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/index.tsx b/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/index.tsx
index 24fb75a029..278272bf24 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/index.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {InitialVerificationAnnouncement} from '#/components/dialogs/nuxs/Initial
  * NUXs
  */
 import {isSnoozed, snooze, unsnooze} from '#/components/dialogs/nuxs/snoozing'
-import {isDaysOld} from '#/components/dialogs/nuxs/utils'
+import {isExistingUserAsOf} from '#/components/dialogs/nuxs/utils'
 
 type Context = {
   activeNux: Nux | undefined
@@ -33,16 +33,14 @@ const queuedNuxs: {
     preferences: UsePreferencesQueryResponse
   }) => boolean
 }[] = [
-  {
-    id: Nux.InitialVerificationAnnouncement,
-    enabled: ({currentProfile}) => {
-      return isDaysOld(2, currentProfile.createdAt)
-    },
-  },
   {
     id: Nux.ActivityNotificationsAnnouncement,
     enabled: ({currentProfile}) => {
-      return isDaysOld(2, currentProfile.createdAt)
+      // TODO just filler rn
+      return isExistingUserAsOf(
+        '2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z',
+        currentProfile.createdAt,
+      )
     },
   },
 ]
diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/utils.ts b/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/utils.ts
index 0cc5104840..ba8f0169d6 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/utils.ts
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/nuxs/utils.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,18 @@ export function isDaysOld(days: number, createdAt?: string) {
   if (isOldEnough) return true
   return false
 }
+
+export function isExistingUserAsOf(date: string, createdAt?: string) {
+  /*
+   * Should never happen because we gate NUXs to only accounts with a valid
+   * profile and a `createdAt` (see `nuxs/index.tsx`). But if it ever did, the
+   * account is either old enough to be pre-onboarding, or some failure happened
+   * during account creation. Fail closed. - esb
+   */
+  if (!createdAt) return false
+
+  const threshold = Date.parse(date)
+  const then = new Date(createdAt).getTime()
+
+  return then < threshold
+}