diff --git a/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js b/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
--- a/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
+++ b/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
   CommunityDrawerTipRouteName,
   MutedTabTipRouteName,
   HomeTabTipRouteName,
+  IntroTipRouteName,
 } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 
 const nuxTip = Object.freeze({
+  INTRO: 'intro',
   COMMUNITY_DRAWER: 'community_drawer',
   HOME: 'home',
   MUTED: 'muted',
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
 
 type NUXTipParams = {
   +nextTip: ?NUXTip,
-  +tooltipLocation: 'below' | 'above',
+  +tooltipLocation: 'below' | 'above' | 'absolute',
   +nextRouteName: ?NUXTipRouteNames,
   +exitingCallback?: <Route: NUXTipRouteNames>(
     navigation: AppNavigationProp<Route>,
@@ -34,6 +36,11 @@
 
 const nuxTipParams: { +[NUXTipParamsKeys]: NUXTipParams } = {
   [firstNUXTipKey]: {
+    nextTip: nuxTip.INTRO,
+    tooltipLocation: 'absolute',
+    nextRouteName: IntroTipRouteName,
+  },
+  [nuxTip.INTRO]: {
     nextTip: nuxTip.COMMUNITY_DRAWER,
     tooltipLocation: 'below',
     nextRouteName: CommunityDrawerTipRouteName,
@@ -102,6 +109,9 @@
   const tipsProps = React.useMemo(() => {
     const result: { [tip: NUXTip]: TipProps } = {};
     for (const type of values(nuxTip)) {
+      if (nuxTipParams[type].tooltipLocation === 'absolute') {
+        continue;
+      }
       if (!tipsPropsState[type]) {
         return null;
       }
diff --git a/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js b/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import { CommunityDrawerNavigator } from './community-drawer-navigator.react.js';
 import CommunityDrawerTip from './community-drawer-tip.react.js';
 import HomeTabTip from './home-tab-tip.react.js';
+import IntroTip from './intro-tip.react.js';
 import MutedTabTip from './muted-tab-tip.react.js';
 import NUXTipOverlayBackdrop from './nux-tip-overlay-backdrop.react.js';
 import { createOverlayNavigator } from './overlay-navigator.react.js';
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
   CommunityDrawerTipRouteName,
   MutedTabTipRouteName,
   NUXTipOverlayBackdropRouteName,
+  IntroTipRouteName,
 } from './route-names.js';
 import {
   UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@
           name={VideoPlaybackModalRouteName}
           component={VideoPlaybackModal}
         />
+        <App.Screen name={IntroTipRouteName} component={IntroTip} />
         <App.Screen
           name={CommunityDrawerTipRouteName}
           component={CommunityDrawerTip}
diff --git a/native/navigation/intro-tip.react.js b/native/navigation/intro-tip.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/navigation/intro-tip.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import {
+  type NUXTipsOverlayProps,
+  createNUXTipsOverlay,
+} from '../tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js';
+
+const introTipText =
+  'Chats on Comm are either DMs (which work like Signal) ' +
+  'or channels inside of a community (which work like a federated Discord).';
+
+const HomeTabTip: React.ComponentType<NUXTipsOverlayProps<'IntroTip'>> =
+  createNUXTipsOverlay(undefined, introTipText);
+
+export default HomeTabTip;
diff --git a/native/navigation/overlay-navigator.react.js b/native/navigation/overlay-navigator.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/overlay-navigator.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/overlay-navigator.react.js
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@
   MutedTabTipRouteName,
   NUXTipOverlayBackdropRouteName,
   HomeTabTipRouteName,
+  IntroTipRouteName,
 } from './route-names.js';
 import { isMessageTooltipKey } from '../chat/utils.js';
 
 const newReanimatedRoutes = new Set([
+  IntroTipRouteName,
   CommunityDrawerTipRouteName,
   HomeTabTipRouteName,
   MutedTabTipRouteName,
diff --git a/native/navigation/route-names.js b/native/navigation/route-names.js
--- a/native/navigation/route-names.js
+++ b/native/navigation/route-names.js
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 export const TagFarcasterChannelByNameRouteName = 'TagFarcasterChannelByName';
 export const ThreadSettingsNotificationsRouteName =
   'ThreadSettingsNotifications';
+export const IntroTipRouteName = 'IntroTip';
 export const CommunityDrawerTipRouteName = 'CommunityDrawerTip';
 export const HomeTabTipRouteName = 'HomeTabTip';
 export const MutedTabTipRouteName = 'MutedTabTip';
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@
 };
 
 export type NUXTipRouteNames =
+  | typeof IntroTipRouteName
   | typeof CommunityDrawerTipRouteName
   | typeof HomeTabTipRouteName
   | typeof MutedTabTipRouteName;
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@
   +ThreadAvatarCameraModal: ThreadAvatarCameraModalParams,
   +VideoPlaybackModal: VideoPlaybackModalParams,
   +TogglePinModal: TogglePinModalParams,
+  +IntroTip: NUXTipsOverlayParams,
   +CommunityDrawerTip: NUXTipsOverlayParams,
   +HomeTabTip: NUXTipsOverlayParams,
   +MutedTabTip: NUXTipsOverlayParams,