# Verkiezingen: Nieuwe User van de Maand

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/elections-new-user-of-the-month/333897
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** badges
**Created:** [31 oktober 2024 om 19:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elections-new-user-of-the-month/333897 "2024-10-31T19:18:36Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [1 november 2024 om 19:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elections-new-user-of-the-month/333897/10 "2024-11-01T19:06:35Z")

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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.

> [@New user of the month, is it working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-the-month-is-it-working/78270/4):
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> 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.

> [@New user of the month, is it working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-of-the-month-is-it-working/78270/19):
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> 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.

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