# "First Share" Badge

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-share-badge/157580
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 13, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-share-badge/157580 "2020-07-13T12:44:41Z")
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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-share-badge/157580/11 "2020-07-13T16:59:59Z")

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As Tobias and JimPas said above:

> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> this badge is awarded only after people start clicking on links with the appended `?username` .

> [@JimPas](#):
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> @tobiaseigen, That’s exactly how it works - for external links.

You’d only get awarded the badge after people click on the link when shared outside the community. I’ll be closing this topic now as your question has been answered. Feel free to start another one if you have some other Discours-related issue.

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