User blog comment:Master Shadow Warrior/Badges?/@comment-1745925-20121114111308/@comment-5401239-20121114201013

Indeed, one of the unfortunate problems of badges is tat while they might encourage others to write more and perhaps let out some more ideas that they might as well keep to themselves, most individuals attempt to use the system to prove a form of ideological superiority about themselves to others.

While such forms of idiocies can be ignored, they leave a lasting problem for admins that must clean up the mess they themselves make, something no-one is too keen on.