First Post badge

[Helga_Razinkova (Helga)]

Why are there no badges for the first post/topic? Is there a way to customize it?

[darkpixlz (Pyx)]

What you can do is make a badge, then use the Automation plugin to grant it

[Helga_Razinkova (Helga)]

yeah, but am I right that the only option to do so is through the API?

[darkpixlz (Pyx)]

Yeah, unless you want to manually do it. The only things that automate by default are the badges you get on a fresh install

[Helga_Razinkova (Helga)]

thanks a lot for your help, @darkpixlz!

[JammyDodger]

It is possible to have Triggered Custom SQL badges if you self-host, or are on a hosting tier that supports it. (Enterprise for us)

[Helga_Razinkova (Helga)]

oh, that would be amazing, but our site is not self-hosted, alas

Anyways, thanks a lot for this solution!

[mlgtechuser (Leland Parker)]

Wow. I could have sworn that I got a First Topic and First Post badge, but I see none such in my profile here or at discuss.python.org. I’d recommend these as a default.

[Helga_Razinkova (Helga)]

Yeah, I also thought I had the same feeling

Hopefully, there will be such a badge in the future.

[mlgtechuser (Leland Parker)]

Here’s something roaringly funny, @Helga_Razinkova:

When I checked my notice queue yesterday and saw this:

I thought “Oh, look…someone has enabled the First Post Badge!! We get the badge now!”
…then I saw that it was a . Haha!

[Helga_Razinkova (Helga)]

oh my! That’s indeed funny and so disappointing