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I find the gamification on SO overwhelming. So many badges and stars and points for things I don't really understand because I haven't investigated. Badges are

• BenjiWiebe 4y ago
  Badges don't do anything at all on SO. Only points actually do anything. You get more privileges/capabilities with more points.
  • greazy 4y ago
    That makes the situation even more confusing because a lot of emphasis is put on badges and less on points.
  • Izkata 4y ago
    Gold badge for a tag lets you close questions with that tag unilaterally instead of needing 3 users to vote on it. It's assumed you know enough about the topic you can do that, and it can still be overridden by 3 votes to reopen from other users.
  • fomine3 4y ago
    People still want anything like badge that doesn't do anything, see game lootbox