Posting bangers will earn you a power badge, even if you don't have a large following.

Of the 3.8k power badge holders, many are folks who did not meet the follow requirement for the old active badge.

So, on the day of the badge change which were more numerous, active badge holders pre switch or power users post switch?

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Active badges were more numerous, at around 8k compared to 3.8k power badges

Yup a large part of the drop was eliminating false positives. The number of power badges is not capped though, so it’s totally possible we’ll see more power badges as more users become active.