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I don't think hackers see value in fake awards. I for one don't see the point, except for the desire to compete to see who's got more badges on their sash. Unti
by jbail 16y ago
I don't think hackers see value in fake awards. I for one don't see the point, except for the desire to compete to see who's got more badges on their sash. Until these badges can buy me a sandwich, pay my rent, etc, I'll leave them for the kiddies to collect.
- patrickk 16y agoHear, hear. The real award for me from reading HN, would be if it ultimately made me smarter and more informed, and therefore successful in starting (and hopefully selling) a startup. Not to mention having a cool place to hang out digitally with like-minded people ;-)
- beccax 16y agoMakes good sense. What if instead there're badges for hackers based on their coding ability? What would you think of that? (Not that it's easy to compute of course.)
- davidw 16y agoThere could be a badge for people who create successful startups. It might look something like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/New100front.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/New100fro... You would collect a lot of them from your customers or via an acquisition.
- bhc3 16y agoDoesn't TopCoder somewhat address that? http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=top_developers http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=top_developers