I recently considered altering (correcting/clarifying) a post topic, but my privileges to alter a topic text has gone. It seems from browsing the Badges page, this is included when a user reaches “regular” classification, probably measured by the number of posts, interactions, likes, etc. So perhaps the criteria for classifying a user as “regular” have been changed by the recent version upgrade?
It isn’t of earth-shattering importance. Just curious.
It is a sort-of moving average calculation. So it’s number of posts, number new threads, number of likes etc. in the last 100 days. I can’t remember the actual figures.
I just had a look… you don’t “like” enough posts. You’re fine on everything but liking posts where you are running at 50% of the necessary rate.
The MT could change the values but I don’t want to start another tsunami of comments regarding the sweet-spot values 
It originally started with a set of fixed measures. Then after some time it became dynamic. As well the number of measures increased a couple of time with software upgrades. There is a grace time period of 14 days if someone no longer meets the criteria. All settings are just the Discourse defaults. Why it has this feature is a quirk of the software design team. I have so far acquired 22 badges all of which seem pointless.
Jim
ok in that case I will turn over a new leaf and have liked your post, to kick it off…
as Jim says, some of these things are somewhat pointless. But the rewording of thread titles is quite useful.
thanks
Andrew vk1da/2uh
I’ll start a poll on another thread then…
Compton
It would be a very long time until I clicked “like” enough. I read everything by e-mail. Seems like a weird thing to count.
wunder
It’s to measure engagement within the community I think. Maybe you could email your likes back?
The latest software update that has taken place in the last 48 hours appears to have added some more pointless badges to the reflector.
Jim
True, Jim; I now appear to be a registered Afficianado… Perhaps if we don’t comment they will go away 
73,
Rod
They go away if we turn them off!
Some are quite useful and some are simply a way of stoking our own feelings of self-importance and/or vanity.
That “xxx is replying” thing is new isn’t it?
Doesn’t sound like something anyone here would do. People will be expecting points for activations next.
I can’t find the “Dislike” button.
We removed it before we started!
Badges?
Know your meme!