# Warpcast will remove power badges from UI permanently

Source: https://warpcast.com/v/0xd0b3656c
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Warpcast-will-remove-power-badges-from-UI-permanently?index=0x66b3d7376aacb2690113f969c8960fa29c9eff33493d330699f8a047e2022fdb4d6e57eb
Submitted by misha on 2024-08-07 UTC, 7 upvotes, 2 comments

Update: experiment was a success, power badge is no more in Warpcast!

Active users saw no impact and new users benefitted from this change. Warpcast will remove power badges from the UI permanently. 

If you are a developer who uses Power Badge, @neynar will continue supporting the Power Badge API for you.

## Comments

**tim**: What are people‘s take on why they *really* did this change? What are the reasons they haven‘t told anyone about?

**macbudkowski.eth**: I think V's saying they want to optimize for a new user experience is legit. 

Many people criticized FC for how hard it is to get engagement when you're a new user, how much your success on the app is tied to being friends with the Merkle team, and so on. And getting rid of these 'Faristocracy medallions' would be a move to address it.