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First 100: BadgeFed Explorer
Issued to Joey Stanford  ·  April 15, 2025
A circular badge with a dark background featuring the BadgeFed logo in golden yellow, resembling abstract mountain peaks or arrows. Two stylized trees flank the logo. The word "BadgeFed" is written above the logo, and "Early Explorer" appears in bold yellow text below, signifying an early contributor or tester.
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Issued by BadgeFed
Accepted Apr 15, 2025
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You ventured into uncharted territory and helped shape the BadgeFed project from the start. As one of the first 100 testers, your curiosity, feedback, and bug-finding instincts helped stabilize the platform. The fediverse will always remember your role in getting us off the ground—one crash, typo, and glorious bug report at a time.
Earning Criteria

Awarded to the first 100 individuals who actively participated in the early testing phase of BadgeFed. This includes exploring the platform, submitting feedback or bug reports, and generally poking around where things probably weren’t ready yet. These badges are limited—no retroactive claims, no reruns, no exceptions. You were here. You mattered.

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