Is there a 
in the algorithm?
I’ve notice that through this month (March 2022) I have not been assigned badges as I might expect; e.g., for 10 likes for a post or for 50 or more likes for a post.
Wondering … maybe the badges are assigned monthly?
hm, i just got a notification that i earned ‘nice reply’. that is what you mean, right?
so i think for me everything seems fine.
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One receives badges only for posts, that are public for all viewers. So one cannot receive a “nice reply” badge for any area/topic marked with a lock icon. (For example “Games and Activities” - area or a topic like “Share a photo”).
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If I remember correctly badges are only assigned for public categories. Categories with a 
are not counted, e.g. #games-activities and #trades-requests-offers
You may read more about it here: [NOT A BUG] Not earned nice reply after getting 10 likes in a post and here Reader badge
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The places I’m thinking about are general fora discussions, such as Month of Letters.
Could it be that you aren’t just receiving notifications for them? You have received at least 3 badges for nice replies for your posts in “Month of letters”. When you go to your personal “Badges” page , you can click the number next to the “Nice reply” and you will get links of all of your posts that got a “Nice reply” badge.
(The general “Badges” page works in a similar way, clicking the number next to the badge gives you the info of all badges given).
Edit. Some badges are given just once a day or can have a delay for a few days, but badges for replies seem to come as quickly as they are “earned”.
I just read your first post more carefully and you were only talking about this current month. For me “badges” have been working normally, got a new notification just yesterday. If you haven’t received any new badges after the beginning of March and you know you should have, then it gets more interesting.
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Thanks all for your guidance. Muddling through and learning more and better.