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Here are some badges you might see beside images, reviews, or other content that our customers submit:

• What is a badge?
• What does a badge look like?
• What do these badges mean?
• Where will I see my badges?
• How do I earn a badge?
• Why do I want badges?
• I don't want my badges. How can I opt out?
• I had a badge and it disappeared. What happened?
• I earned a badge--how did I earn it and what does it mean?

A badge is a symbol that tells other Amazon.com customers something interesting about you. For example, you may earn a Top Reviewer badge, or a Real Name badge.

Badges may look different depending on where you see them. If you wrote a review, you might see badges under your name and before the review that look like this:

There are many different badges. Here is a brief list of our badges and what they mean.

These badges identify our Top Reviewers and where they are in our Top Reviewer rankings.

You created a Real Name and used a name from your credit card to help other customers identify you. This is a permanent badge.

This badge indicates that the person to whom it was granted is "the" celebrity most people associate with that Real Name. For example, when you see "the" below Jeff Bezos's Real Name on one of his reviews, you know that the celebrity founder of Amazon.com wrote that review. This is a permanent badge.

You participated in the 2004 Community Forum at Amazon.com corporate headquarters in Seattle, WA. This is a permanent badge.

We will show your badges with your name. Some places on Amazon.com may not display all of your badges at the same time; we try to choose the most appropriate badges for each page. If you want to see all of your badges you can visit your Profile.

You can earn badges by creating good content on Amazon.com. Some badges may be temporary, like Top 10 Reviewer. Other badges, like the Real Name badge, you earn once and get to keep as long as you use your Real Name.

We believe that badges are a great way for customers to identify our best content contributors. Badges also make your Profile more interesting.

To opt out of top reviewer badges, e-mail us with your request. If you choose to opt out, we will not display your badges in your Profile, by your reviews, or any other locations. Please allow up to 48 hours for us to process your opt-out request.

Check to see if your badge appears in your Profile. If you do not see your badge there, your badge was probably temporary; for example, we can only have ten Top 10 Reviewers and we probably reassigned your badge. If you think there is an error and you had a permanent badge that disappeared, you may e-mail us.

There are many different ways to earn badges. You can earn Top Reviewer badges by writing good reviews. You can earn a Real Name badge by choosing to create content on Amazon.com with your Real Name.