# I don't need no stinkin' badges! **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [August 4, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264 "2020-08-04T17:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/1 "2020-08-04T17:56:42Z")
Please find a way to allow us to totally disable Badges. They’re fine for Cub Scouts and other children, but I find them annoying and even demeaning. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/2 "2020-08-04T18:03:20Z")
> It’s been a while since we’ve seen ambushed — their last post was 5 months ago. We’ve been **ambushed**! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/3 "2020-08-04T18:06:27Z")
> [@ambushed](#): > > but I find them annoying and even demeaning. - What would be cool is if the board members could design our own. 😱 Or maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/4 "2020-08-04T18:16:09Z")
Hi there, fellow 99’er! I’ve always liked that handle because it has a double meaning for me. But I don’t want to explain the other… ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/5 "2020-08-04T18:28:06Z")
> [@ambushed](#): > > Please find a way to allow us to totally disable Badges. They’re fine for Cub Scouts and other children, but I find them annoying and even demeaning. > > Thanks Well, I love the badges and don’t find them annoying or demeaning at all. Please find a way to add more badges. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/6 "2020-08-04T18:33:17Z")
How about “disabling” them by just ignoring them? As far as I can tell, they’re not necessary to participating on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/7 "2020-08-04T18:36:48Z")
> [@ambushed](#): > > Hi there, fellow 99’er! If you’re so up in arms about badges, why are you so excited about being a 99’er? ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/8 "2020-08-04T18:37:25Z")
Since every badge change sends you a notification and at least sometimes an email, they aren’t easy to ignore. They’re like those kids who kick the back of your seat on a plane. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/9 "2020-08-04T18:39:22Z")
I simply used that as non-excited verbal noise. And that has nothing whatsoever with badges – there are no badges for being an early user. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/10 "2020-08-04T18:40:19Z")
No, there aren’t. But there are labels that the community has informally assigned to such things - which is functionally identical to what badges are. And you can turn off the emails if you want. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/11 "2020-08-04T18:41:31Z")
I’m sure you love the little gold stars your kindergarten teacher gave you _and_ everyone else, regardless of how poor your contribution was. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/12 "2020-08-04T19:26:17Z")
I like the badges. I also loved getting stars and things like that in school. I love the little sticker they give me for voting. I’m a sucker for such things. In the big picture it’s such a little thing and it makes some people happy. No harm done. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/13 "2020-08-04T19:28:16Z")
> [@ambushed](#): > > I’m sure you love the little gold stars your kindergarten teacher gave you _and_ everyone else, regardless of how poor your contribution was I promise you, no one here will think any better of you because of how many badges you have. Now, if you had badgers, that would be something. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/14 "2020-08-04T19:40:43Z")
OK, I’ll try to just relax. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/15 "2020-08-04T19:44:37Z")
You just earned the “Absorbed Into The Gestalt” badge. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/16 "2020-08-05T01:14:18Z")
> [@ambushed](#): > > Since every badge change sends you a notification and at least sometimes an email, they aren’t easy to ignore. They’re like those kids who kick the back of your seat on a plane. I don’t think I’ve gotten a single email about badges. And the only notifications I’ve seen is a small blue mark by my avatar which disappears of you click on it. They are super easy to ignore if you want to ignore them. 🤷‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/17 "2020-08-05T05:54:56Z")
And after a while, pretty soon actually, when you are getting no badges anymore, you’ll start to miss them. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/18 "2020-08-05T20:27:07Z")
I had forgotten about the badges until this thread brought them up again. I find them easy to ignore. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/19 "2020-08-06T14:21:44Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I like the badges. Me too. Looks like we each have 16 currently (more to come, I’m sure). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264/20 "2020-08-06T16:59:27Z")
> [@ambushed](#): > > Since every badge change sends you a notification and at least sometimes an email, they aren’t easy to ignore. This is short-lived. Once you’ve been here awhile, you’ll totally forget about them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/917264.md?page=2)