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Spam through autobiographer badge?
I asked about this on main meta, since I feel this is a broad, network wide issue, and I came across this entirely by accident.
This... has been going on a while, and our spammers are actually ...
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Where is Hall of Fame of this site?
You'll find them on the Stack Exchange website https://stackexchange.com/leagues
Site specific stuff (edits/votes etc) can be found on the /users route. Ex: https://superuser.com/users
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Commentator badge progress shows 1/10 before having commenting priviledge
It looks like you have posted at least one comment on your own answer (that was itself supposedly a comment).
Commenting on your own answers or questions would count towards the total for the ...
MokubaiMod
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Can you lose a badge if criteria is no longer met?
Regular system type badges, such as Tumbleweed, Unsung, etc, once earned, stay on your profile. If you no longer meet the criteria, you don't lose them.
But if you later on do meet the criteria, you ...
randomMod
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Elusive Vox Populi Badge
How is it possible to get the Vox Populi badge for casting 40 votes per day if I've reached the daily limit at 36?
To be able to reach 40 votes, you need to have cast at least 10 votes on questions.
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DavidPostillMod
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How to get the "Peer Pressure" badge
Here's a similar post over on Stackoverflow Meta. Their idea is that badges are supposed to encourage good behavior on the site, and deleting one's own down-voted question or answer is good behavior—...
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Make badges be worth reputation
Most badges reward behavior that's not directly reflected in the reputation system. Reputation points are gained by contributing via posts (mostly by creating posts, but sometimes by editing them), ...
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Is the time between two questions allowed to be posted constant?
As per the complete rate limiting guide on meta.se, which references back to this lovely post on MSO - you're limited until you hit 125 reputation.
Its a feature, not a bug
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Make badges be worth reputation
This is a bad idea.
Reputation is a measure of how much you help people who have problems, be they regular community members or new users who are getting their bearings.
Badges are used by the ...
MokubaiMod
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How can I get the Suffrage badge? The number doesn't change in accordance with the votes I have casted
It's caching. Right now, it shows as 21 to me on your profile, both in the badge tracker as in the Votes cast:
There is a Votes tab on your own profile (we can't see it) to check which votes you've ...
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Can I see which Answers/Questions count towards a badge?
For some badges it's possible through the Stack Exchange Data Explorer but since your votes aren't public, it won't work for Sportsmanship.
It is possible through the API but it's rather cumbersome ...
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Can I get my day counted for the Fanatic Badge if i'm logged in from the android app
Does my day count if I'm connected through my android app?
Just being logged in is not enough, you have to perform other activities.
We're now counting access to a site via the app for both "last ...
DavidPostillMod
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How did a user with no actions and only 101 rep get the Mortarboard badge?
Meta sites still track reputation internally - it's just never displayed anywhere. For example, your "meta rep" right now is 23.
So you can still earn badges related to reputation, as odd as that may ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible