# Invite badges from inviting yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** UX\ **Tags:** invites\ **Created:** [February 14, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-badges-from-inviting-yourself/218143 "2022-02-14T17:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![not-ethan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/not-ethan/32/282617_2.png) [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-badges-from-inviting-yourself/218143/1 "2022-02-14T17:04:14Z")
# Description and Evidence Recently in [2.9.0beta2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-9-0-beta2-security-fix-and-more/218086) users that already have an account can click invite links. But I generated invite links can click them it said I invited myself and because I am TL2+ and I clicked 5 different invite links of mine I received the [Champion badge](https://community.replit.com/badges/27/champion?username=ethan_maser_coding). You can see a screenshot below of it below. These are in the [Replit EDU forums](https://community.replit.com/) and you can view my profile [here](https://community.replit.com/u/ethan_maser_coding/summary). ![Screenshot 2022-02-14 11.03.38](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/a/7a28be0800ec6c6b2e0dd132017817e66002b70d.png) I also made an invite link on the [Codecademy forums](https://discuss.codecademy.com/) and it says I invited myself there also that you can see below. View my profile [here](https://discuss.codecademy.com/u/ethanmasterprogram/summary). ![Screenshot 2022-02-14 11.53.39](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/a/caaeb3951c2e192fb997283a5712b2b95ec902c8.png) # Repro steps Reach TL2+ (by default) make invite links that you then click. It will say that you invited yourself on your profile and that you accepted your invite as shown above. And if you enough invite links you will receive the Campaigner and Champion badges. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-badges-from-inviting-yourself/218143)._