Can we get rid of the badges completely?

This Site Feedback 🐞 This forum issues and requests
21

I know emojis is not the topic here but just wanted to say they are great. Over on the mailing list some topics I post get very little response or tend to attract responses from people who disagree. In contrast here I can get 20+ thumbs up emojis. They form a great part of two way communication similar to people nodding there heads if in person.

6 Likes
22

Unfortunately, that’s not an easy option because the software that it uses is no longer supported.

23

I fully agree with that. The reaction emojis are one of the best features of Discourse. Everyone can show approval or disapproval with one click and without interrupting a discussion with +1 posts.

In regard of the badges I personally do not have a real problem with those, they do not harm anyone but on the other side they do not add any additional value imho.

And I have to say it comes across a bit childish when you get a badge pinned to your profile by Discourse that you can now already embed a link or give an answer by email all by yourself (good boy!) and I can also understand that someone who is rather the factual-dry type then may have the feeling he might have opened by error a teenie forum for make-up questions or the like.

I am aware of that and I did not really mean it serious. I share your antipathy against all this gamification stuff but nevertheless Discourse offers a lot of useful features and comfortable communication tools like the reaction emojis which I really like.

1 Like
24

I don’t understand the fuzz about it. It may be helpful for beginners, others can ignore it. I’m used to it from stackexchange and other discourses and I’m slightly amused and bewildered by the gamification, but I can still acknowledge that it can contribute to a good and welcoming, interaction with users.
Keep it.

3 Likes
25

This topic from the early days of this new forum just popped up in my notifications today and made me wonder … Häh? A new reply to this old stuff?!? … but it was nothing but a notification that I was granted a fresh badge … :+1: :+1: :+1: … for a popular link with 50 clicks (the one in my opening post).

This is not without a certain irony … I received a badge for asking if we can get rid of badges completely … :rofl: … thank you Discourse, you made my day!

2 Likes