# Description for the Anniversary badge

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-for-the-anniversary-badge/76115>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [December 15, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-for-the-anniversary-badge/76115 "2017-12-15T08:31:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![oiclid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/oiclid/32/82392_2.png) [@oiclid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oiclid)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-for-the-anniversary-badge/76115/4 "2017-12-15T12:53:49Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> This badge is granted each year you’ve been a member with at least one post in that year. Thank you for sticking around and contributing to our community. We couldn’t do it without you.

⬆This makes more sense than ⬇

> [@rizka](#):
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> This badge is granted annually to celebrate the anniversary of your membership, provided that you posted once or more during the past year. Thank you for sticking around and contributing to our community. We couldn’t do it without you

The former quote takes into consideration users who have been on the platform for multiple years but spent at least one year inactive.

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