Besides gaining reputation with your questions and answers, you receive badges for being especially helpful. Badges appear on your profile page, flair, and your posts.
Question Badges
Asked a well-received question on 5 separate days, and maintained a positive question record
66 awarded
Asked a well-received question on 30 separate days, and maintained a positive question record
2 awarded
Asked a well-received question on 100 separate days, and maintained a positive question record
Asked a question with zero score, no answers, no comments, and low views for a week
130 awarded
Answer Badges
Edited and answered 1 question (both actions within 12 hours, answer score > 0)
31 awarded
Highest scoring answer that outscored an accepted answer with score of more than 10 by more than 2x
2 awarded
Participation Badges
Visited an election during any phase of an active election and had enough reputation to cast a vote
Followed the Area 51 proposal for this site before it entered the commitment phase
119 awarded
Voted 10 times, added 3 posts score > 0, and visited the site on 3 separate days during the private beta
40 awarded
Tag Badges
You must have a total score of 100 in at least 20 non-community wiki answers to achieve this badge.
17 awarded
You must have a total score of 400 in at least 80 non-community wiki answers to achieve this badge.
1 awarded
You must have a total score of 1000 in at least 200 non-community wiki answers to achieve this badge.
Moderation Badges
Completed at least one review task. This badge is awarded once per review type
308 awarded
