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I started my Forums career on the HowToGeek forum - long before I was here. There everybody was 'member'. Only moderators, the owner and MVPs had a separate mention. And that's how it is still today. I never operated differently on that forum than I operate here.
I think the badges, stars and bips look fancy, but they don't do anything. But we do it to ourselves. Every time someone has an additional badge, bip or star, there is a big congratulation orgy. I think that increases the badge focus. I participate only in very exceptional cases.
The ultimate badge inflation they have on Stack Exchange. For fun I made a handful of postings there and I already have 7 badges,
Last edited by whs; 09 Apr 2015 at 23:44.