***technically*** “Power Badges” are gone. They have been replaced with a “flag” on Warpcast called 
"activeOnFcNetwork". If it’s “true” your frames show expanded to everyone and you will be on the main feed of Warpcast moderated channels (any channels that has no moderator set). If it’s false, you won’t and your frames will be collapsed. Looks like the flag was updated mid week. It usually updated Monday at 11:59 PM UTC. 

Links to frames to check your flag in the comments. 

Cool video collab by me and @kevinmfer

Pi-chi.eth (she/her) Artist /animeoutcasts
Purple Promoter|Tokyo DAO
Hosting: /moxietools /kyoto /sakura  /anime-manga /tokyotravel

https://www.fan.io/pichi

in other words, they just renamed it and made it less transparent to try and get ppl to shut up about it. Am i getting this right?

It kinda feels that way because the “activeOnFcNetwork” is being updated (and not just Monday now!) and it definitely affects how you are seen on the timeline.  Gaslighting is free.