It's not necessarily an issue—I am for now happy to have the badge/link on my repo.

I would have been less suspicious if the messaging had been more straightforward (e.g. "Hey, we're seeing if some projects we like would be interested in adding a repl.it badge to their READMEs."). As it was, the PR initially sounded like something personalized, directed toward me—but then I go and find the exact message being sent to others, which activates my suspicion.

i send that pr - definitely didn't mean to miscommunication intent or arouse suspicion. thanks for actually saying that, since i'm never really sure myself that my words are good in their context