# Admin: Badge icon vs. image - what's the difference?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-badge-icon-vs-image-whats-the-difference/25609>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 24, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-badge-icon-vs-image-whats-the-difference/25609 "2015-02-24T14:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-badge-icon-vs-image-whats-the-difference/25609/7 "2015-04-21T22:44:59Z")

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It’s used on the user card, what you get when you click or tap your avatar or @username here.

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