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Agnerstein wrote: Badges are just kinda... there. There would be no point in taking them away, as we would more than likely lose users.

There is a point of taking them away. Did you even read the thread?

Taking them away will stop a lot of people pointsgaming, and be sure some of the users you mentioned are pointsgamers.