<p>@JeffAtwood said "But it is a very hard badge to get; much larger sites only have ~20 users with the badge."</p>

<p>So why isn't this a gold badge?</p>

<p><strong>Edit:</strong> Nevermind.  In a case of "I should've checked SO-meta first..." <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/50925/the-generalist-badge-should-be-gold">Here's the discussion from stackoverflow</a></p>
