# Can not get Reader Badge

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-get-reader-badge/24433
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** badges
**Created:** [2015年一月26日 03:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-get-reader-badge/24433 "2015-01-26T03:51:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![wuchong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wuchong/32/115554_2.png) [@wuchong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wuchong)
#### Post date: [2015年一月26日 03:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-get-reader-badge/24433/1 "2015-01-26T03:51:58Z")

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I find that users can not get “Reader Badge” even if they have read every post in a topic with more than 100 posts in my forum . Like this topic : [CoderQ.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://coderq.com/t/you-yuan-ren-zhe-chuan-piao-shi-ni-diao-de-yao/811?u=jark)

Many users have read every post in the topic very slowly , many days later but no “Reader Badge” got.

Is that a bug? Or something I missed?

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2015年一月26日 04:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-get-reader-badge/24433/2 "2015-01-26T04:44:36Z")

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Does anything show up at `/logs`? Possible that you have a bad badge failing the job.

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### Author: ![wuchong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wuchong/32/115554_2.png) [@wuchong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wuchong)
#### Post date: [2015年一月26日 04:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-get-reader-badge/24433/3 "2015-01-26T04:52:18Z")

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![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/1/d1b494f0a7d62fb12a18def400c8d4aef2a46996.png) 

something about “badge” , nothing about “reader”

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### Author: ![wuchong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wuchong/32/115554_2.png) [@wuchong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wuchong)
#### Post date: [2015年一月30日 02:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-get-reader-badge/24433/4 "2015-01-30T02:57:03Z")

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I find that we can’t get Reader Badge from a private topic.

So it is not a bug , just a feature I think .

Please close it.

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2015年一月30日 02:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-get-reader-badge/24433/5 "2015-01-30T02:58:20Z")

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Yep, private categories are excluded from badges. That’ll do it.

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2015年一月30日 02:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-get-reader-badge/24433/6 "2015-01-30T02:58:26Z")

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