What are all Facebook badges? A complete list

Social media badges are an icon next to a user’s username that helps others identify who that person is or their participation in a group, page or channel. Facebook allows users to assign badges to their top fans, managers, and other important people.

Maybe you’ve seen a badge that you don’t recognize or understand what each badge means. Regardless of why you’re here, this article will teach you everything you need to know about Facebook badges.

What are Facebook badges?

Facebook badges are used on Facebook groups and pages to identify certain members. You’ve probably seen the “Top Fan” badge at some point, but there are many more to explore. Now, depending on whether you’re managing a group or a Page, your badges may vary.

Here is a list of all the badges available for Groups on Facebook in 2022:

• Administrators – This badge allows group members to know who is in charge of the group.
• Moderator – A moderator is someone with certain powers, such as deleting comments. But this person cannot make changes to the group.
• Group expert – This badge is for particular niche groups that use experts in certain fields. This badge is not available in all groups.
• Founder member – A founder badge can be shown to the users who created the group.
• New member – The New Member badge is displayed to let other users know that the person commenting is new to the group.
• Rising Star – New members who contribute a lot to the group earn the Rising Star badge.
• Conversation starter – If you frequently spark conversations that are meaningful to other group members, you will earn the Conversation Starter badge.
• visual narrator – This badge is similar to Conversation Starter but means you contribute photos and videos to the group.

So how can you identify these badges? Here is the list:

Group administrators, experts, and moderators have this badge:

Here are the remaining badges:

As you can see, Facebook offers many badges to easily identify a user’s role in the group.

Facebook Pages are different from Facebook Groups and badges are different too. Here is a list of badges available for pages:

• top fanatic – This means that you visit the page or interact by liking and commenting quite frequently.
• Valuable commentator – This badge is awarded to people who comment frequently but don’t engage as much as those with a higher Fan badge.
• anniversary follower – This will show other users how long you have been following the page.
• milestone tracker – You have achieved a goal set by the page administrators.
• Follower – You follow the page. This means that you are not a casual visitor.

How to moderate group badges

One of the key responsibilities as a group administrator or moderator is to manage members and their communications. Fortunately, Facebook makes it easy to assign badges in the web version and the app version. We will cover both in the following sections.

How to Moderate Badges on Facebook – Web Browser

If you prefer to use Facebook in a web browser, follow these steps:

1. Open Facebook and tap Cluster option at the top.
   
2. Tap the group you need to moderate.
   
3. Tap on Group Settings.
   
4. Scroll down this page to Insignia settings. Tap the pencil icon on the right to manage badges.
   
5. Now you can click Eliminate to remove the badge.
   
6. If you want to add badges, click Add new button.
   
7. Facebook will introduce a list of new badges tailored to your group and those mentioned above. Click See everything to see all the options.
   
8. When you find the badges you want to display in your group, click Add.

How to Moderate Badges on Facebook – Mobile App

If you prefer to moderate your Facebook group using the mobile app, follow these steps:

1. Open the Facebook mobile app and tap the Groups icon at the top of the page.
2. Tap Your groups. Then, tap the group you want to moderate.
3. In the upper right corner you will see a shield icon. Touch it.
4. Scroll down to the Insignia and turn on or off the badge you want to display.

Frequent questions

Here are more answers to your questions about Facebook badges.

What are Facebook badges used for?

Badges are designed to help you identify different members of the group, such as moderators, administrators, and the most active users.

Where did my top fan badge go?

Many users were concerned about the top fan badges at first and the introduction of the feature was a great source of trolling and light banter. Most major fan badges are updated weekly; Before showing yours, a notification will appear asking if you want to show your badge.

If you prefer not to display the icon, do not accept; Otherwise, you may not have the option to delete it. Before the recent update, you could click on the community option and deactivate your badge; You will now have to contact a group administrator to remove it.

Things you should know about badges

Badges may not appear in all groups. Administrators can control their availability and disable or enable them through Settings in Admin Tools and Information. And in order to earn badges, a group must have at least 50 members.

Badges are also available on Facebook pages. You can simply activate them by going to the Settings menu of your page. Click on Facebook Badges and activate Top fan badges.

Congratulations! You have a TechJunkie badge

Good communication is the core of any social network. Unlike other platforms, Facebook has found an interesting way to support valuable interaction between its users.

It’s up to you to contribute interesting comments or posts, and very soon you’ll start receiving those badges. Just remember that they may not be available or have the same criteria in all groups, so don’t be discouraged if you don’t receive a badge right away.