Originally Posted by
IBJoel
We tried fixing the placeholders, but just couldn't come up with a solution. It's still being worked on.
I think this would be a very useful change in both reducing clutter and helping make sure the many empty placeholders don't lead many people to just scroll past the badges altogether.
I'm not really sure what you mean regarding the badge. The next level up from 5 years is 10 years, so someone who joined in 2015 hasn't been on the site long enough to get the next badge. That badge category is determined by "Profile age ≥ N-days"
This is what I'm referring to. I've been on the site since 2015, so in theory I earned my 5-year badge in 2020, but it says it was "obtained" in 2024.
I'm not fussed, but I imagine some people might be sensitive to this
For the ones we choose ourselves, I suspect some people might also want to display when they actually crossed that threshold, e.g. someone who flew their millionth mile in 2017 might want people to know that happened in 2017, even though they only added that badge to their profile in October 2024 (I'm assuming for the self-selected badges, it's choosing the date based on when you add it).