# Did not receive "First Flag" badge

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-not-receive-first-flag-badge/31707>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** badges\
**Created:** [August 3, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-not-receive-first-flag-badge/31707 "2015-08-03T17:13:11Z")\
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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:** [August 3, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/did-not-receive-first-flag-badge/31707/2 "2015-08-03T17:42:23Z")

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I just looked at the query, and it seems:

- it doesn’t count the ‘message @username’ flags
- it only counts flags on badge categories (public categories that aren’t no-badges)

If I remove either of those conditions (add PM user or switch to all posts), you get the badge.

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