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Achievement Architecture
Entry #0719
Why a badge is awarded for the action you already took
Awarding a badge retroactively for an action already completed reframes a past behaviour as the start of a pattern, priming the user to repeat it for future recognition.
Adept
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#0719
A retroactive badge rewrites the past into a habit. Three coincidences become a streak, and the streak demands a fourth.