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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2418 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If someone gives you a badge, can you then give it away?

But it would send the wrong message. The point of a badge is to increase the recognition of something particularly noteworthy. I badge things that I think are worth more than merely sharing. I badge things that are going to be with me for a day or two. I badge things that I want more people to see, to discuss, to talk about.

(people badge me because they don't understand it's already been done way the fuck too much)

And that recognition is something you earn the right to grant, by demonstrating your own ability to create or share noteworthy content. Your insight earns you badges, or your ability to find thought-provoking content on the web. Badges shouldn't move, they should proliferate... but not too fast, or else they cease to be special.

See, this thread currently has too many badges. It looks like something spectacular, when in fact it isn't. I mean, it's certainly a useful discussion, but none of us are going to be pondering it tomorrow. On the other hand -





Isherwood  ·  2418 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's fair, but I still think badges as a currency could perform the function you speak of. Just like there's nothing stopping me from badging useless posts, I don't think badges as currency inherently creates bad use

kleinbl00  ·  2418 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So as it is, I earn a badge, I give it to your content, your content has been badged (which is different than having a badge to give) and everyone can see that badged content.

Under your system, I earn a badge, I give it to your content, you give it to something else, and the content I badged is no longer badged.

In order to use the badge the way you want to, you're effectively negating my opinion on your content. You're saying "this is no longer noteworthy because this other thing is more noteworthy."

Isherwood  ·  2417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Though I am really intrigued by the idea of visualizing social currency now.

Isherwood  ·  2417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ahhhh, yes. I didn't think through what would happen to the badge.