# W00t! I just earned a Popular Link badge! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 18, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251 "2024-01-18T01:19:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/21 "2024-01-18T18:50:07Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/22 "2024-01-18T18:50:19Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Anyhow, my top link has 199 views and my second place has 107. > > Anyone care to compete on popularest popular link? šŸ¤Ŗ My most popular (at 396) was a link to tubadivaā€™s obituary. My top non-depressing link is this: > [@Okay, what THE HELL is this object on Mars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-the-hell-is-this-object-on-mars/960128): > ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/23 "2024-01-18T20:34:37Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > This is disabled here so just reply to that with ā€œskipā€. I think there is one more thing you will have to skip as well. Other than that it is straightforward. right after ā€œdelete a postā€ that you have to skip is ā€œUNdelete a postā€ that you have to skip and despite everything I tried I couldnā€™t get past that. discobot says sorry canā€™t help you. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/24 "2024-01-18T20:39:06Z")
The weird thing is that years-old links still generate views. Some of them arenā€™t even valid links any longer. Iā€™m wondering who is clicking on them. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/25 "2024-01-18T20:40:30Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > right after ā€œdelete a postā€ that you have to skip is ā€œUNdelete a postā€ that you have to skip and despite everything I tried I couldnā€™t get past that. discobot says sorry canā€™t help you. I was able to skip that too. Not sure what it going on. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/26 "2024-01-18T20:41:25Z")
me, neither, but I will take it as a sign to go do something else instead. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/27 "2024-01-18T20:47:39Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/oPePFke.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/uzY9ymp) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/28 "2024-01-18T21:46:04Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Iā€™m wondering who is clicking on them. Underhanded webcrawlers or Spammers? Thatā€™d be my bet. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/29 "2024-01-18T22:23:17Z")
I think I found the problem. It doesnā€™t like you to repeat the same word in the message chain. One can be ā€œskipā€ and the next ā€œSkipā€. There is also a regular tutorial which gives a different badge on completion. Just leave out the word ā€œadvancedā€ in my earlier directions ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/30 "2024-03-11T05:16:12Z")
Well, Iā€™m not one to toot my own horn, but Iā€™ve earned a number of hard-earned badges, and I plan to have them embroidered on patches which I will adorn on my jacket, much like a boy scout who displays his merit badges. My badges include: Enthusiast, First Emoji, First Link, First Mention, First Onebox (I donā€™t know what that means, but it sounds prestigious), First Quote, Member, Reader, and last but not leastā€”Popular! Jealous? Iā€™m sure you are. It says I earned the Popular badge 8 times! While that seems a lot, Iā€™m pretty sure the software miscalculated that badge number by a digit or two. Iā€™m confident 80, or even 800 is the actual number. Donā€™t hate me because Iā€™m popular. I canā€™t help it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/31 "2024-03-11T05:45:21Z")
I apparently have: Devotee, Aficionado, Anniversary, Licensed, Basic, Certified, Editor, Enthusiast, First Emoji, First Flag, First Link, First Mention, First Onebox, First Quote, First Share, Member, Popular Link (7), Read Guidelines and Reader. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/32 "2024-03-11T13:08:04Z")
_Hmm._ First Flag and Read Guidelines, eh? Now _Iā€™m_ jealous. ā€¦how much $ will you take for those? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/33 "2024-03-11T14:09:04Z")
Iā€™m sorry, I think youā€™re too popular for those. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251/34 "2024-03-11T14:42:26Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > First Onebox (I donā€™t know what that means, but it sounds prestigious) Onebox is the little preview box that shows up when you add a link to your post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251.md?page=1)