diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 3fad16f..18ea1db 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/target/generated-sources/gwt"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="gcube-widgets-2.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gcube-widgets/gcube-widgets">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
         <property name="context-root" value="news-feed"/>
   </wb-module>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 6b6201a..51f9f6e 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.news-feed.2-3-0"
 		date="2017-02-20">
-		<Change>fixes for changes to the underneath common-notification-library</Change>
+		<Change>fixes for changes to the underneath
+			common-notification-library</Change>
 		<Change>Minor css fix </Change>
 		<Change>Refactored to the new version of elastic search client's
-			compliancy</Change>
+			compliancy
+		</Change>
+		<Change>Feature #7212, do not apologies if no posts are present and
+			try to engage the user to post something.</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.news-feed.2-2-0"
 		date="2016-12-02">
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/panels/NewsFeedPanel.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/panels/NewsFeedPanel.java
index 2a0ab90..c7dcc08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/panels/NewsFeedPanel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/panels/NewsFeedPanel.java
@@ -875,11 +875,11 @@ public class NewsFeedPanel extends Composite {
 					if (feeds.size() == 0) { 
 						if (!isInfrastructure) {
 							newsPanel.add(new HTML("<div class=\"nofeed-message\">" +
-									"Sorry, looks like nobody shared anything yet. <br> " +
-									"You may begin by sharing a news!</div>"));
+									"Looks like nobody posted anything yet. Are you willing to be the first?<br> " +
+									"You may begin by posting a message!</div>"));							
 						} else {
 							newsPanel.add(new HTML("<div class=\"nofeed-message\">" +
-									"Sorry, looks like we've got nothing for you at the moment. <br> " +
+									"Looks like we've got nothing for you at the moment. <br> " +
 									"You may begin by joining some of the available " +
 									"<br>"+vreLabel+"s.</div>"));
 						}