User blog comment:Creeper123456789/Badges made harder to earn/@comment-9884526-20130305194101/@comment-5643552-20130305214000

I know Oblit; that's kind of what I was insinuating with my comparison to arcade games. Anyway, yes, if there were no badges, there would be no pointsgaming. With no pointsgaming, we wouldn't even need to have rules about it. I have never really cared for badges, to be quite frank. If editing should have any reward, it shouldn't be in the form of "points" or badges. Just making a difference in the community by making meaningful contributions is rewarding enough in and of itself. Too many people treat it like it's some kind of game. A competition, even.