You don't even need to be a partner to access the Forums and most features of the partner badge can be unlocked by becoming a full member with 30 Posts. So yes.
That is expensive as hell. Now you'd also need to rebuy it at every sub purge and yearly to keep it. Do we still need to cover that this isn't worth it?
As mentioned in the official post by Row and Zeke's reply here this still needs to be agreed upon by Freedom!. You'll probably hear about it here once there's a decision.
BREAKING NEWS ON THIS
This month will mainly reward feedback in replies to Promotion Section threads given recent events. Give Feedback on people's posts and earn sweet credits.
In addition to this, let's support others in getting there through this thread, also leave Feedback on others' posts in the Promote Yourself! Section, I'll be giving out even more credits for good reviews this month probably.