emmasdramas3:
I got a Commentator badge 2 months ago and just recieved a First Time Watcher badge a few hours ago, I've been in MDL for 2-3 years. I also don't see the Commentator badge anymore so are they something you get for a while and need to maintain orrrr?
The badges have been reset, that's why your previous badge is gone. The feature is not completely installed yet, it's still being worked on. As far as I know our previous actions like comments etc are counted, so we shouldn't need to do anything to maintain them unless we don't meet the requirements each badge needs. But as I said, that is still being worked on and not set yet according to admin Ji-N.
Hope that helps. :)