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As the title says, should meta.stackoverflow.com have badges?

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This is a meta question about meta.stackoverflow.com. Meta discussions of this type clutters the site -- it should be deleted or moved to http://meta.meta.stackoverflow.com.

Now, should http://meta.meta.stackoverflow.com have badges?

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  • Great! Discussing about meta.meta badges would involve a third additional layer though. Commented Jun 28, 2009 at 9:44
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    Smart answer. Deserved to be upvoted X1000 Commented Jun 28, 2009 at 10:00
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    Not to worry, Douglas Hofstadter will tell you that in order to resolve this, we will just define supermeta.stackoverflow.com - this is the logical extension of meta.meta...meta.stackoverflow.com to infinity and you are able to have meta discussions at the infinity level on this site. Commented Jun 28, 2009 at 10:07
  • Best answer possible. Commented Sep 8, 2009 at 16:51
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Sure, why not? A higher reputation on this site indicates that one cares about SO and adds to the debates about how SO can be improved. Something similar can be argued w.r.t. badges.

On the other hand: most people coming here will be SO members already, so they don't need the addictive effect that badges have on new users.

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In meta-discussions, reputation score, badges, upvotes and downvotes all lost their sense.

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    I disagree that upvotes and downvotes lost their sense. They are an indication of the (dis)approval of the rest of the community. Commented Jun 28, 2009 at 10:11
  • Surely the mechanism is still needed, but default ordering by votes makes discussions... something else. Commented Jun 28, 2009 at 11:33
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The point of badges is to encourage good behaviors, and that's just as important here on the meta site as it is on the main site.

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I'd vote for a "Meta" badge that you get once you got enough "normal" badges. Maybe like 20 badges give a bronze Meta badge.

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  • Does the meta badge appear on SOFU? Is encouraging badge-whoring on those sites through (ab)using meta desired? .. Now I want one, but I already have user profile > accounts, too. Commented Jan 6, 2010 at 1:03

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