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Achievement Architecture
Entry #0717
Why showing others’ badges recruits people who have none
Displaying other users’ badges to badge-less visitors creates an aspirational gap that converts passive browsing into active pursuit of the first achievement.
Adept
The hidden part
#0717
A badge on someone else’s answer is a recruitment poster disguised as a credibility marker. It says “this person earned it” but means “you haven’t yet.”