User blog comment:Asking Alex/Introduction to my blog/@comment-26546817-20150630083915/@comment-25428589-20150630092103

Badges are a system in which users are "rewarded" for editing with points. They're just designed to gamify the system somewhat for more competitive users, as there is a leaderboard at Special:Leaderboard, but don't mean anything, and making edits just to get badges is against the rules.