Admin: A note about badges

[china_shop]

Historically, when we've introduced new badges, they've applied to works produced after the badge is released (with some complicated exceptions*). Although we haven't kept that rule front and centre, and there's technically nothing to stop you claiming a new badge for your pre-existing fanworks on the comm, we encourage you to enter into the spirit of the badges as spurs to creativity and exploration and to produce new works for new badges. :-)


* For example, "As a special introductory offer, if you post something in this round, you may choose two of your works posted to previous challenges to apply toward any of the new badges. After this round has finished, only works posted going forward will count toward those badges. Any work posted at this community in any challenge can count toward badges in the Total Posted Works category."

Comments

[meatball42.livejournal.com]

Are you saying that this past exception also applies to these new badges? Or was this just an example of an exception that had been used in the past, but is not applicable to these new badges?

[china_shop]

This is an example of past exceptions. The rules are much looser now -- we don't check the dates on works when you apply for a badge, and technically speaking, there are no date restrictions. But we encourage you to use the badges as incentives to make more works, because that's kind of the point. :-)

[ladybrooke]

On a somewhat related note, have you mods considered spacing out the introduction of new badges a bit? I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but even though I really, really love badges, it feels overwhelming to have eight new badges introduced in a two round period, after going rounds without any at all...

I don't mean this as criticism of you all at all, so my apologies if it comes across that way.

[china_shop]

Ah, it hadn't occurred to us that anyone would feel pressured by the introduction of new badges. After all, there's no deadline by which you have to earn them, and certainly no requirement for you to earn them all. But we'll take your feedback into consideration -- thanks! :-)