Hand Badge

A term used by members of groups on the website Facebook. In 2019, Facebook introduces symbols nexts to users name to signify statuses such as Admin, Mod, New Member (Hand Badge), Conversation Starter, Founding Member, Visual Storyteller, Rising Star, and many more. As a popular trend, the new members would come into a group and start drama. This was when groups also referred to as “Tag Groups” started taking off, such as “The Hand Badges are at it again”.

New User ✋: I hate this group I’m leaving!

Old users: “The Hand Badges are at it again”