User blog comment:Sarah Manley/Announcing Achievements - Edit your way to the top/@comment-27329394-20100806024116

I actually like badges to some extent. Users will probably (or hopefully) learn that they shouldn't be doing the pointless stuff and it eventually can really encourage them to edit. It is a good feature, but just so many people look at only the flaws... I didn't really see too much of a difference outside of blogs, as some edits are noticably pretty small with or without the badges.