So Steam added new community awards, but in doing so, they removed the ability to obtain the Community Contributor and Community Patron Badges. I tested it out myself on a new account, and yep, it's gone for good. I didn't receive the Community Contributor badge, and the old community awards are also unobtainable.
There are probably new Community Contributor and Community Patron badges in the works since the old ones now say "Legacy." I'm guessing we'll be seeing replacements for them in the near future, or not.
Posted by Ok-Onion1368
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They stated in their post that newly received and given awards will no longer level up the badges and only count towards the number on your award showcase, so it sounds more like theyve retired any badge-tied-to-award system
they destroyed all point rewards and xp. there is no incentive to award at all.