Relatively many users were awarded the Generalist badge 30
minutes ago.  What changed?  share|improve this question Well,
since it's based on the top 40 tags, if a new tag just went into
the top 40 people then active in that tag could all have gone
from 19 to 20 tags with good answers. –  Servy Oct 16 '12 at
15:21 Hmm - I just got it too - I'm curious to know what tag
changed where to affect this –  Adam Rackis Oct 16 '12 at 18:18
Looks to me like it hasn't been awarded since September 20th,
Kerrek SB. Possibly broken since then and nobody noticed until
today. –  Uphill Luge Oct 16 '12 at 19:38 @Uphill - Possible,
but this is a rare badge, it isn't awarded every day. –  Kobi
Oct 16 '12 at 20:36 add comment  1 Answer  It's likely that one
or more tags were moved into the top 40 tags recently. This
could either be a result of more growth in those tags, or the
removal/deprecation of tags previously in the top 40.  With one
or more new tags entering the top 40, people that are active in
those tags that previously