Happy to explain: we’ve gotten so many requests here to add people as backers that we didn’t have the time or resources to cross-check each request and confirm that it’s accurate.
By collecting a master list through BackerKit, we know that everyone is authorized… so once we’re done collecting the reward survey, I’m planning to clear the “Backer” status from everyone on the forums, and then batch re-add it to everyone based on their BackerKit answers.
All of that to say: even if you have the backer badge here on Discourse already, please fill out that question so that you’ll retain it after we batch reset and add it to everyone’s account!