Thank you!  I was very curious about the member badges.

I was wondering how people got those thingees attached to their name too.  Thanks for the info.  New to Alli and message boards. 

I have little people attached to my name and badge.  What does that mean?

The little people mean that you are currently online.

Thank you,  That is great information...  Did not know that.. doesn't hurt to askkkkkk...Linda

I think the badges are a great idea. I just started last week and immediately gravitated towards those who had badges, figuring that it was an indication of either how active they were on the site or how successful they'd been in their weight loss. Either way, they could be of help to me.

The only problem with making badges for pounds lost is that everyone needs to lose a different amount. For instance, some women want to lose 25 while some want to lose 150. If you give someone a badge for 30 pounds lost, some would never receive any recognition at all even if they'd already met their goal.