Think about stackoverflow badges. It's more about getting individual users engaged, less about comparing users with each other. It's about making filing bugs mo

Think about stackoverflow badges. It's more about getting individual users engaged, less about comparing users with each other. It's about making filing bugs more fun, which should result in more testing being done by more people. This link explains this better: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/social/people/reputation/achievements.html http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/social/people/reputatio... It's not about comparing yourself against others.