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  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,278 Forumite
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    MSE_Andrea wrote: »
    Hi!

    Manual badges and automated badges already awarded can be removed.

    Currently we don't have a system to stop people being awarded automated badges - you'll need to let us know if you've received one and don't want it.

    Thanks :)

    What would be really good is an option for individuals to switch badges and avatars off so none of them are displayed when logged in then there wouldn't be all the wasted space and it must improve, however slightly, forum load times without all that stuff there.
  • LABMAN
    LABMAN Posts: 1,659 Forumite
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    Badges?


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ
  • barmonkey
    barmonkey Posts: 7,159 Forumite
    MSE_Andrea wrote: »
    Hi!

    Manual badges and automated badges already awarded can be removed.

    Currently we don't have a system to stop people being awarded automated badges - you'll need to let us know if you've received one and don't want it.

    Thanks :)

    I have lost count of the number of times I have let you know.

    Please remove them.
    WWSD
    (what would Scooby Doo)
  • victor2
    victor2 Posts: 8,139 Ambassador
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    So just what is this secret procedure to request badge removal? Many seem to have tried the obvious way of just posting a request here, with no luck. Maybe there's the on-line equivalent of a Mason's handshake that is required?

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  • robatwork
    robatwork Posts: 7,268 Forumite
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    victor2 wrote: »
    Maybe there's the on-line equivalent of a Mason's handshake that is required?


    There is a secret emoji you need to send, only available on the katakana keyboard, and using a combination of 11 simultaneous keystrokes. Only the truly sanctimonious can achieve this.

    I could mean virtuous.
  • torbrex
    torbrex Posts: 71,340 Forumite
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    torbrex wrote: »
    Have you emailed the forum team directly?

    I ask again
  • barmonkey
    barmonkey Posts: 7,159 Forumite
    torbrex wrote: »
    I ask again

    I have tried every way.

    Never got a reply from the contact us page.

    I PMed Andrea who told me some (which I never had) had been removed.

    And I have asked several times on here.
    WWSD
    (what would Scooby Doo)
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    torbrex wrote: »
    Have you emailed the forum team directly?
    Yes, I have.
  • Former_MSE_Andrea
    Former_MSE_Andrea Posts: 9,611 Forumite
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    Hi!

    Here's how it works:
    • Anniversary and post count badges can't currently be removed permanently. If we do remove them one day, as they're automated, they'll return the next day. So if you've asked for those to be removed you'll need to be patient please - thanks!
    • The other badges, which are manual, can be removed. However, most of you are asking for all badges to be removed so in essence removing a few won't solve the issue for you entirely.

    We are planning a tool to remove them for those of you that don't like them but we'd be grateful if you can be patient please. It's unlikely to be available until next year.

    Thanks!
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  • Mandelbrot
    Mandelbrot Posts: 9,139 Forumite
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    edited 3 December 2015 at 12:32PM
    So what you told us on a previous occasion wasn't really the true situation? :think:

    MSE_Andrea wrote: »
    Manual badges and automated badges already awarded can be removed.

    Currently we don't have a system to stop people being awarded automated badges - you'll need to let us know if you've received one and don't want it.
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