Elections: New User of the Month

[Falco]

That user had a less than one like per post ratio, while the one who was awarded had a over 2 likes per post ratio.

@codinghorror

The way the badge works is based on active validation of other users, e.g. likes.

Simply posting 100 times isn’t enough to earn the badge; you’d need to get a fair number of likes, more than other new users.

@eviltrout

I don’t agree that posting 60 times and getting 40 likes is better than posting 3 times and getting 9 likes. The first user is posting way too much.

There is also a weighting of who liked and much more.

If the badge isn’t working well, please disable it on your site and create a custom one.