# View progress towards a badge?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-progress-towards-a-badge/44628>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 22, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-progress-towards-a-badge/44628 "2016-05-22T18:35:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-progress-towards-a-badge/44628/6 "2016-05-22T20:55:46Z")

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> [@purldator](#):
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> Generally, users are not meant to see the progress on acquiring a badge, or requirement stats.

IMHO this is how it should be.

That is, for the most part the granting of Badges / Trust Level should be the result of natural activity / an Admin decision.

A lot of requirements can be adjusted by the Admin and indeed, Badges can be granted / revoked and Trust Levels can be granted / revoked / locked independent of any code doing so automatically.

Similar to getting a site to have good position in SERPs, the best advice is to do things naturally.

For Discourse that means:

- visit often
- read much
- show appreciation of other members good posts
- make good posts yourself when you can

It really is that simple. The criteria used are not “perfect” perhaps, but they are very good indicators of a members involvement in the forum.

As for members being able to see other members requirement statistics, heavens no please.  
This could result in less noble emotions gaining a foothold and I see no good coming from it.

As for members seeing their own requirement statistics, true, curiosity is a “normal” human trait, but the ability to see the requirement statistics would likely lead to a lot of extra “work” explaining why certain requirement Settings are what they are and would be extremely awkward if a member had met all the requirements but their Trust Level had been locked.

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