How many times has someone said "I'd badge you if I had one." It would also raise money for the site while offering a bit more than a donation does. Thoughts? Issues? Has this been considered before?
I don't think they should be for sale. They should prove that the person awarding the badge has been engaging with the community, not that they can afford reddit gold.
Yeah, I think that a badge is special Because you cant buy it. You have to have earned it. That's what makes me think twice before I hand them out, casually. When I received one I know that the person likely felt the same way about giving them as I did. It's a cool system. I've not considered the ability to purchase them. We have had an experiment in the past where each hubskier had some amount of "currency" to start with and each time you shared a post or comment you gave a bit of it away to that user. Do we have a link to that experiment? mk, insomniasexx?
Isn't that how karma and clout (IIRC) worked back in the mist-shrouded Beginning of Hubski?
It's so hard for me to recall the way Hubski originally looked. I know mk and insomniasexx have screen shots from the way back. I'm pretty sure Hubski is older than my oldest child. That's amazing to me. Hubski is my first born.