Stack Overflow’s badge system is designed to encourage desired behaviours on the site. Based on the existing badges, what behaviours are desired? Are there any obvious gaps in the badge system? And, more importantly...
| Badge category | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ask Questions | |||
| Get views for your questions | ● Popular Question (1K) | ● Notable Question (2.5K) | ● Famous Question (10K) |
| Get votes for your questions |
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● Good Question (25) | ● Great Question (100) |
| Get your questions favourited | — | ● Favorite Question (25) | ● Stellar Question (100) |
| Accept answers | ● Scholar (1*) | — | — |
| Ask questions no-one cares about | ● Tumbleweed (0) | — | — |
| Write Answers | |||
| Get votes for your answers |
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● Good Answer (25) |
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| Get your answers accepted | — |
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| Get your answers accepted without votes | — | ● Tenacious (6+) | ● Unsung Hero (11+) |
| Answer your own questions | ● Self-Learner (3) | — | — |
| Answer old questions | ● Revival (2) | ● Necromancer (5) | — |
| Answer bad questions | — | — | ● Reversal (20) |
| Answer questions in a specific tag | ● Tag-based (100) | ● Tag-based (400) | ● Tag-based (1000) |
| Vote | |||
| Vote a lot |
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● Civic Duty (300) | — |
| Vote on questions | — | — | ● Electorate (600) |
| Vote for competing answers | — | ● Sportsmanship (100) | — |
| Write Comments | |||
| Leave comments | ● Commentator (10*) | — | — |
| Leave comments that get votes | — | ● Pundit (10*, 5) | — |
| Use the Chat system | |||
| Chat | ● Talkative (10*, 1) | — | — |
| Get chat messages starred by different users | — | ● Outspoken (10, 10) | — |
| Edit things | |||
| Edit entries | ● Editor (1*) | ● Strunk & White (80) | ● Copy Editor (500) |
| Edit old entries | ● Excavator (1*) | ● Archaeologist (100) | |
| Edit tag wikis | ● Tag Editor (1*) | — | — |
| Manage the site | |||
| Delete your own posts |
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| Flag posts | ● Citizen Patrol (1*) | ● Deputy (??) | ● Marshall (749) |
| Roll edits back | ● Cleanup (1*) | — | — |
| Approve/reject suggested edits | ● Proofreader (100*) | ||
| Review posts | ● Reviewer (1000, 200) | ||
| Retag things | ● Organizer (1*) | — | — |
| Create tags that get used | — | ● Taxonomist (50) | — |
| Create tag synonyms | ● Synonymizer (1*) | — | — |
| Show up | |||
| Fill out your profile | ● Autobiographer | — | — |
| Read the damn FAQ | ● Analytical | ||
| Visit the site daily | — | ● Enthusiast (30) | ● Fanatic (100) |
| Hit the daily reputation cap | ● Mortarboard (1*) | ● Epic (50) | ● Legendary (150) |
| Stick around | — | ● Yearling (1) | — |
| Be “active” in different subjects | — | ● Generalist (?) | — |
| Offer and award Bounties | |||
| Offer bounties on your questions | ● Promoter (1*) | — | — |
| Award bounties on your questions | ● Benefactor (1*) | — | — |
| Offer bounties on other people’s questions | ● Investor (1*) | — | — |
| Award bounties on other people’s questions | ● Altruist (1*) | — | — |
| Promote the site | |||
| Share links to questions | ● Announcer (25) | ● Booster (300) | ● Publicist (1000) |
| Participate on Meta | |||
| Get votes for posts on meta | ● Quorum (1*) | ● Convention (10*) | — |
| Help launch Stack Exchange sites | |||
| Participate in the Stack Overflow beta | — | ● Beta | — |
| Participate in Area 51 | ● Precognitive | — | — |