Somebody was stalking me yesterday on Stack Overflow, they upvoted 20 of my answers that already had 9 votes each. This, in turn, lead to me receiving 20 Nice Answer badges and 10 Enlightened badges. As I expected, the rep was reversed this morning. The only problem is, the badges remain, which means that any Nice Answer or Enlightened badges I earn genuinely, up to those amounts, will not be counted.The only problem is, the badges remain, which means that any Nice Answer or Enlightened badges I earn genuinely, up to those amounts, will not be counted.
I'd certainly prefer it if my badges were properly synced, is it possible to request a badge recalc? Can a diamond mod do it?
feature-requestI propose this should be done automatically for vote-related badges when serial upvotes are reversed.
It seems that new badges will be awarded. Doesn't this open the system for badge abuse, though? Any master puppeteer could use one of his socks to upvote all his answers that have a score of 9 (or 24, or accepted with 39), with no potential repercussions.