Originally Posted by global happy traveller (Post 36578824)

Interesting concept, but all my badges are "locked". I was hoping to get at least a 5 or 10 year of contributions lol.

Originally Posted by gerstperson (Post 36580946)

I’ve tried the link from here and from my flyer talk. All my badges are locked. How do I unlock them?

Originally Posted by carrotjuice (Post 36580352)

What's the logic that FT uses to "sum up" the countries? Must a member indicate that in their profile, if so where?

Originally Posted by moondog (Post 36575927)

Today I noticed that a "10 countries" badge had been attached to my profile (I think I was able to remove it). I have never bothered to count countries, so I don't know if I deserve that badge, but I'm a little curious about how FT knows.

Originally Posted by WIRunner (Post 36574374)

I am disappointed that there is no badge for Bronze Swimming Certificate, Gold Swimming Certificate,

Originally Posted by T8191 (Post 36575267)

I am unmoved one way or another. The discussions and information are what keep me here daily.

I would just like my 0.5m airline miles to register! :)

Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 36579448)

My intention was this:
How many miles did you earn and
How many reward (free) nights did you earn

Both were meant through all means, so if you have a credit card that helps you earn miles or nights, those can be included.

I agree with the blank spaces being unsightly and we really tried to make them disappear. We hope to do that for a future release. I'll even ask for the ability to hide badges to be developed.

Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 36580220)

In what way do you mean "off"? I understand many FlyerTalkers have been to more than 50 countries. That's already been addressed in this thread and there will be upcoming badges. Although if we're on the topic of my intent, I would say you have not been to a country if you haven't experienced the culture and people. Having a layover in an airport or staying in your hotel and ordering room service the whole time doesn't count.

ETA: Even with my intent, how you ultimate decide to calculate and display your badges is up to you

Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 36580220)

In what way do you mean "off"? I understand many FlyerTalkers have been to more than 50 countries. That's already been addressed in this thread and there will be upcoming badges. Although if we're on the topic of my intent, I would say you have not been to a country if you haven't experienced the culture and people. Having a layover in an airport or staying in your hotel and ordering room service the whole time doesn't count.

ETA: Even with my intent, how you ultimate decide to calculate and display your badges is up to you

Originally Posted by Xyzzy (Post 36582421)

Another related question -- what c:confused:unts as a country?

Originally Posted by moondog (Post 36575927)

Today I noticed that a "10 countries" badge had been attached to my profile (I think I was able to remove it). I have never bothered to count countries, so I don't know if I deserve that badge, but I'm a little curious about how FT knows.

Originally Posted by Carlusa (Post 36581083)

… but yeah curious what made it think I’ve been to 40 countries?

Originally Posted by mwp1 (Post 36580499)

That have appeared over the past week, how do you alter them as it states I’ve only done 10 countries, when I’m on 51 and 53 by the end of 2024...

Originally Posted by rollthere (Post 36581878)

What about coming in 2nd place in the 7th grade science fair?

Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 36568314)

We tried fixing the placeholders, but just couldn't come up with a solution. It's still being worked on.

Originally Posted by Dr. HFH (Post 36583576)

Why not just leave them where they are but make them white instead of gray?

Originally Posted by Dr. HFH (Post 36583576)

Why not just leave them where they are but make them white instead of gray?

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Originally Posted by ft101 (Post 36581013)

I think it was just an individual's idea of how best to use the ones available. It appears from IBJoel that more badges may be forthcoming so may solve the issue.

Originally Posted by rollthere (Post 36581878)

What about coming in 2nd place in the 7th grade science fair?

Originally Posted by Jailer (Post 36582869)

I recently came in second in the United States Handball Association Nationals. So, I think a generic First Loser badge and we’d both be covered.

Originally Posted by carrotjuice (Post 36582788)

IBJoel - Many folks, myself included, have been asking how the number of countries visited were first assigned by default. What crawlers were used and based on what data? Or was it just randomly assigned in the hope that the member would discover it's incorrect and go change it?

Originally Posted by DenverBrian (Post 36584051)

Because in Dark Mode they ARE essentially white.

Originally Posted by FriendlySkies (Post 36576274)

They appear to unlock once you make a post. I experienced the same thing and they allowed editing as soon as I posted here saying I couldn’t change anything.

Originally Posted by oliver2002 (Post 36586611)

You can remove the badges by adding

||flyertalk.com/forum/images/badges/*

to the image filter of your choice.

Originally Posted by Carq (Post 36587049)

Just trying to unlock badges...

Originally Posted by DeltaAgent (Post 36587901)

Me too.

Originally Posted by notquiteaff (Post 36588135)

Given all the discussion in this thread, I have a question: does FT have a beta program where select users try out upcoming changes and provide feedback? If so, was feedback provided for this feature?

Originally Posted by notquiteaff (Post 36588135)

Given all the discussion in this thread, I have a question: does FT have a beta program where select users try out upcoming changes and provide feedback? If so, was feedback provided for this feature?

Originally Posted by Misco60 (Post 36588841)

One of the reasons I dislike these badges is that there is now so much clutter in the left-hand sidebar that even a one-line comment takes up a lot of screen space.

Originally Posted by HIDDY (Post 36580575)

Click on your username - My Flyertalk - Badges. You can change them there.

Originally Posted by Misco60 (Post 36588841)

One of the reasons I dislike these badges is that there is now so much clutter in the left-hand sidebar that even a one-line comment takes up a lot of screen space.

Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 36568929)

How many free nights you earned this year. I will admit that this was the most difficult badge to gauge. No shade to our anonymous research group, but I would have liked more input on this category specifically. I saw a record of 200 nights earned in a year, which I found pretty insane, so I halved it.

See above for comments for countries and FT profile age but, essentially, while I recognize there are 200 countries (give or take), visiting even 10 is an extremely privileged position to be in. Less than 5% of the developed world has travelled to more than 30 countries. BUT a 100 countries badge will be coming.

Originally Posted by eng3 (Post 36592969)

The FT population is not representative of the developed world.

Originally Posted by eng3 (Post 36592969)

The FT population is not representative of the developed world. It would be interesting to see the stats on countries visited in the FT population, I would think it is much higher than average considering it's an air travel forum.

Originally Posted by tcook052 (Post 36596402)

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I ended up however disabling all badges save for my 20-year badge as it's the only one that means something to me. As the FT saying goes YMMV.