With coderwall, there's no way I'm going to alter my behavior in order to get badges on it. But it's fun - very fun - to see what badges appear, and to compare

With coderwall, there's no way I'm going to alter my behavior in order to get badges on it. But it's fun - very fun - to see what badges appear, and to compare myself to other people. You're already altering your behaviour by checking out badges and comparing yourself to other people. This is like adding points and badges to brushing your teeth. You're still going to brush your teeth but now you get a notification that you earned some points and a badge and hey do you wanna compare yourself to your friends and create an artificially competitive atmosphere? It isn't FUN to view stats and numbers unless you're the type of technocrat who believes in the supremacy of quantification.