Badges

Has chipped in to help keep Meade County Local running.

How to earn it: Contribute to the running costs — the server in Brandenburg, the power it draws, the domain. It buys no authority and unlocks no features: everyone sees the same county. It is here so neighbours can see who is helping keep the lights on.

Confirmed as someone who actually lives in or near Meade County.

How to earn it: Request verification from your profile. A moderator checks that you are local. This one unlocks features that need a real neighbour behind them, including the dating section and posting status alerts.

Helps keep the platform civil and the content accurate.

How to earn it: Appointed by an administrator. Not something you can apply for directly — moderators are asked, usually after a long stretch of steady, level-headed participation.

Runs the platform and the server it lives on.

How to earn it: Held by the people who operate Meade County Local. Not awarded.

Hosts a show on community radio.

How to earn it: Apply through the Radio section and have your show approved. A moderator reviews the pitch — what the show is, when it runs, and whether it takes calls. The badge appears once the show exists, not when the application is sent.

Runs a business, church, or organisation listed in the county directory.

How to earn it: Claim your business, church or organisation in the county directory. Entering a listing for somebody else does not count — the badge follows whoever actually runs the place.

Connected with at least one other member.

How to earn it: Send a peer request to someone and have it accepted, or accept one sent to you. One connection is enough.

Has offered something to the county on the Helping Hand board.

How to earn it: List three things you can offer neighbours on the Helping Hand board — a spare freezer, a truck, a generator, somewhere to shelter in bad weather.

Has earned achievements across the arcade.

How to earn it: Unlock five achievements in the arcade games. They are spread across different games on purpose, so this rewards range rather than grinding one.

Has given things away to other members.

How to earn it: Give away three items through the Trading Post — listed free and actually collected.

Here in the first days, when the county platform was still finding out what it was.

How to earn it: Earned by being one of the first members to join during the closed beta. It cannot be earned again — that is rather the point of it.

Confirmed as a real, operating business in or near Meade County.

How to earn it: A moderator checks that the business exists, the address is right and the contact details reach a real person. Ask from the business page.

Somebody who runs this place looks after the page.

How to earn it: Claim the listing from the business page. Until somebody claims it, the entry is only what the community and the directory know.

Listed in the county directory, with hours and location.

How to earn it: Submit the business to the directory. A moderator approves it, and the listing links up with the business page automatically.

Followed by a good number of neighbours.

How to earn it: Earned when 25 or more members follow the business page. Post what is actually happening — new hours, a special, a photo — and people follow.

A business page on Meade County Local.

How to earn it: Every active business page carries this. It is what tells a reader the name they are looking at is a place, not a person.

Confirmed as a real organization serving Meade County.

How to earn it: A moderator checks that the organization exists, that the meeting place and contact details are right, and that they reach a real person. Ask from the organization page.

Somebody from the organization itself looks after this page.

How to earn it: Claim the page as a pastor, principal, chief, officer or board member. Until somebody does, the entry is only what the community and the directory know.

Listed in the county directory, with meeting times and location.

How to earn it: Submit the organization to the directory. A moderator approves it, and the listing links up with the page automatically.

Followed by a good number of neighbours.

How to earn it: Earned when 25 or more members follow the page. Post what is actually happening — a service time, a fundraiser, a closure — and people follow.

A church, school, department, club or nonprofit page on Meade County Local.

How to earn it: Every active organization page carries this. It is what tells a reader the name they are looking at is a group serving the county, not a person and not a shop.