when the user dismisses the QB newb modal, persist that so they don't see it again.

frontend/src/card/card.controllers.js

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ CardControllers.controller('CardList', ['$scope', '$location', function($scope,
 }]);
 
 CardControllers.controller('CardDetail', [
-    '$rootScope', '$scope', '$route', '$routeParams', '$location', '$q', '$window', '$timeout', 'Card', 'Dashboard', 'Metabase', 'Revision',
-    function($rootScope, $scope, $route, $routeParams, $location, $q, $window, $timeout, Card, Dashboard, Metabase, Revision) {
+    '$rootScope', '$scope', '$route', '$routeParams', '$location', '$q', '$window', '$timeout', 'Card', 'Dashboard', 'Metabase', 'Revision', 'User',
+    function($rootScope, $scope, $route, $routeParams, $location, $q, $window, $timeout, Card, Dashboard, Metabase, Revision, User) {
         // promise helper
         $q.resolve = function(object) {
             var deferred = $q.defer();
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ CardControllers.controller('CardDetail', [
             onClose: () => {
                 isShowingNewbModal = false;
                 renderAll();
+
+                // persist the fact that this user has seen the NewbModal
+                $scope.user.is_qbnewb = false;
+                User.update_qbnewb({id: $scope.user.id});
             }
         }
 
@@ -844,7 +848,6 @@ CardControllers.controller('CardDetail', [
         }
 
         function reloadCard() {
-            delete $routeParams.serializedCard;
             $location.hash(null);
             loadAndSetCard();
         }

frontend/src/query_builder/SavedQuestionIntroModal.jsx

@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@ import React, { Component, PropTypes } from "react";
 
 import Modal from "metabase/components/Modal.jsx";
 
-export default class SavedQuestionIntroModal extends Component {
 
-    static defaultProps = {
-        buttons: [],
-        className: ""
-    };
+export default class SavedQuestionIntroModal extends Component {
 
     render() {
         return (
@@ -20,7 +16,7 @@ export default class SavedQuestionIntroModal extends Component {
                     </div>
 
                     <div className="Form-actions flex justify-center py1">
-                        <button className="Button Button--primary" onClick={() => this.props.onClose()}>Okay</button>
+                        <button data-metabase-event={"QueryBuilder;IntroModal"} className="Button Button--primary" onClick={() => this.props.onClose()}>Okay</button>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </Modal>

frontend/src/services.js

@@ -831,6 +831,13 @@ CoreServices.factory('User', ['$resource', '$cookies', function($resource, $cook
                 'userId': '@id'
             }
         },
+        update_qbnewb: {
+            url: '/api/user/:userId/qbnewb',
+            method: 'PUT',
+            params: {
+                'userId': '@id'
+            }
+        },
         delete: {
             method: 'DELETE',
             params: {