# What’s with the badges given by this site?
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**Created:** [March 2, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845 "2026-03-02T21:06:12Z")
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### Author:  [@WeSee](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/WeSee)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/1 "2026-03-02T21:06:12Z")
We don’t need no stinkin’ badges.
We don’t need no stinkin’ 35 character minimum for posts either.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kropotkin](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Peter_Kropotkin)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/2 "2026-03-02T23:24:05Z")
agreed on both counts… a minimum character count is beyond
ridiculous… it severely reduces our ability to post… for sometimes
the answer is not long-winded bullshit, but a one or two word answer
is more than enough…
Kropotkin
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### Author:  [@seeds](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/seeds)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/3 "2026-03-05T18:37:26Z")
> [@WeSee](#):
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> We don’t need no stinkin’ badges.
Aww, come on now, what child doesn’t like getting their gold stars from the schoolmarm?
In fact, just the “LIKE” category of badges alone could use a few more additions:
First, let’s look at the ones we can already receive (graciously provided by Google’s AI Assistant)…
> **AI Assistant wrote:**
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> **Like & Appreciation Badges**
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> These are awarded based on how much you “like” others’ content and how many “likes” your own posts receive.
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> - **First Like** : Liked a post for the first time.
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> - **Welcome** : Received your first like from another member.
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> - **Thank You** : Granted when you have 20 liked posts and gave 10 likes.
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> - **Gives Back** : Granted when you have 100 liked posts and gave 100 likes.
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> - **Empathetic** : Granted when you have 500 liked posts and gave 1,000 likes.
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> - **Appreciated** : Received 1 like on at least 20 different posts.
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> - **Respected** : Received 2 likes on at least 100 different posts.
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> - **Admired** : Received 5 likes on at least 300 different posts.
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> - **Out of Love** : Used your daily limit of 50 likes in a single day.
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> - **Higher Love** : Used 50 likes in a day 5 different times.
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> - **Crazy in Love** : Used 50 likes in a day 20 different times.
Now here’s my suggestions for some additional badges to add to that list…
> Seeds suggests the following:
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> - **Second Try at First Like Badge** : Granted for attempting to like a post twice but wasn’t allowed.
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> - **Commode Badge** : Granted when you unknowingly received a like while sitting on the thunder pot. 🚽
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> - **Gives Back from Commode Badge** : Granted for giving a like while reading a post while sitting on the thunder pot. 🚽
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> - **Fruit Badge** : Granted for liking the banana (or apple) you ate while reading a post.
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> - **Mind Wander Badge** : Received for mentally liking a post while making love to your spouse.
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> - **Faux Admiration Badge** : Granted when your wife gives you 5 insincere likes on your lovemaking technique.
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> - **Subjective Badge** : Granted for even thinking of liking a post.
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> - **Out of Love 2.0 Badge** : Granted for using your daily limit of 50 likes in a single day in order to receive the **“Out of Love 2.0 Badge”** to feed your insatiable desire for more badges.
Anyway, that’s just a few suggestions for broadening the reasons for receiving badges in this forum.
Can any of you guys suggest more?
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### Author:  [@WeSee](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/WeSee)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/4 "2026-03-05T18:51:18Z")
@Peter_Kropotkin
Amusingly enough, I wrote the second statement to get past the 35 character minimum after attempting to post only the first statement. But it did seem to be unnecessary. Even worse in my mind are the emoji. They add nothing to the discussion and I don’t know what 90+ percent of them are supposed to mean.
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### Author:  [@WeSee](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/WeSee)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/5 "2026-03-05T20:17:46Z")
@seeds
Actually it was said half in jest. As a reference to a line from a film.
That said, you unwittingly pointed to the issue with badges which is that the are childish.
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### Author:  [@formeruser12](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/formeruser12)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/6 "2026-03-05T20:36:50Z")
> [@seeds](#):
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> **Crazy in Love** : Used 50 likes in a day 20 different times.
Fuck all the others, I’m going for Crazy in Love. I’m going round liking _everything_ today, even if it’s offensive or just shit.
What does 20 different times mean though? What other way is there to do it?
> [@seeds](#):
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> **Second Try at First Like Badge** : Granted for attempting to like a post twice but wasn’t allowed.
But where does this end? You need to be careful, because with the current state of society, you might end up with a “30th try at..”, for inclusivity’s sake.
> [@seeds](#):
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> **Commode Badge** : Granted when you unknowingly received a like while sitting on the thunder pot. 🚽
An unrecognised achievement, no doubt about it.
> [@seeds](#):
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> - **Gives Back from Commode Badge** : Granted for giving a like while reading a post while sitting on the thunder pot. 🚽
But I’m starting to think you sit there too much.
> [@seeds](#):
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> **Fruit Badge** : Granted for liking the banana (or apple) you ate while reading a post.
How would this be implemented? Now you’re just being silly.
> [@seeds](#):
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> **Mind Wander Badge** : Received for mentally liking a post while making love to your spouse.
Some of these are impossible, you know.
> [@seeds](#):
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> **Faux Admiration Badge** : Granted when your wife gives you 5 insincere likes on your lovemaking technique.
Well I don’t have a wife anymore, but that would also not have been possible to achieve. 😏
> [@seeds](#):
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> **Subjective Badge** : Granted for even thinking of liking a post.
I’m getting it for this one, but it’s still just a badge, the like hasn’t been made yet.
> [@seeds](#):
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> **Out of Love 2.0 Badge** : Granted for using your daily limit of 50 likes in a single day in order to receive the **“Out of Love 2.0 Badge”** to feed your insatiable desire for more badges.
This goes against human nature.
I have a suggestion to close with:
**Indecisive Badge:** Granted for liking a post, unliking it again, and then finally deciding on liking it. This could actually be implemented in practice, some phone users would receive it by accident.
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### Author:  [@formeruser12](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/formeruser12)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/7 "2026-03-05T21:07:36Z")
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And it’s the gift that keeps on giving:
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Granted to others 2 times.. they must have cheated 😡
Now I know what 20 different times means. I give up now.
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### Author:  [@seeds](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/seeds)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/8 "2026-03-05T23:01:30Z")
> [@formeruser12](#):
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> > [@seeds](#):
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> > - **Gives Back from Commode Badge** : Granted for giving a like while reading a post while sitting on the thunder pot. 🚽
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> But I’m starting to think you sit there too much.
Indeed, I do. And hey, how about giving me a badge for that?
> [@formeruser12](#):
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> > [@seeds](#):
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> > **Fruit Badge** : Granted for liking the banana (or apple) you ate while reading a post.
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> How would this be implemented? Now you’re just being silly.
And you, my friend, get a badge, not only for figuring out the entire purpose of my post (utter silliness),…
…but also, for half convincing me that you thought I was being serious.
> [@formeruser12](#):
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> > [@seeds](#):
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> > **Mind Wander Badge** : Received for mentally liking a post while making love to your spouse.
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> Some of these are impossible, you know.
Not in the realm of the absurd, which is where most of the forum’s actual badges came from. I think I remember someone receiving a badge **for replying to a post in an email.** And I think that that email badge (and of course this thread by WeSee) is what triggered my current ranting about badges.
However, the truth is that by me trying to interject a little light-hearted comedy into our conversations helps me to (momentarily) take my mind off of the deaths (murder) of little Iranian school girls and that of the impending World War that that **idiot** in the White House is instigating.
> [@formeruser12](#):
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> > [@seeds](#):
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> > **Faux Admiration Badge** : Granted when your wife gives you 5 insincere likes on your lovemaking technique.
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> Well I don’t have a wife anymore, **but that would also not have been possible to achieve.**
Come on, Niall, you’re pullin’ my leg, right?
> [@formeruser12](#):
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> > [@seeds](#):
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> > **Out of Love 2.0 Badge** : Granted for using your daily limit of 50 likes in a single day in order to receive the **“Out of Love 2.0 Badge”** to feed your insatiable desire for more badges.
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> This goes against human nature.
>
> I have a suggestion to close with:
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> **Indecisive Badge:** Granted for liking a post, unliking it again, and then finally deciding on liking it. This could actually be implemented in practice, some phone users would receive it by accident.
Good one, Niall, now that’s the spirit. And even though it’s not quite as silly as my suggestions it’s at least a start.
> [@formeruser12](#):
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> Fuck all the others, I’m going for Crazy in Love. I’m going round liking _everything_ today, even if it’s offensive or just shit.
Well, I think my prior post fits that latter category, yet - YET - you didn’t give it like. What’s up with that? You’re never going to get that **“Crazy in Love”** badge by making false promises.
Meanwhile, I need some clicks on my **peace anthem** that I just uploaded to SoundCloud yesterday.
Here’s the link:
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=false&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2277383240&show_artwork=true&maxheight=166
All clicks (even those out of sheer pity) are welcome. 😜
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### Author:  [@formeruser12](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/formeruser12)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/9 "2026-03-05T23:17:33Z")
> [@seeds](#):
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> > [@formeruser12](#):
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> > > [@seeds](#):
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> > > - **Gives Back from Commode Badge** : Granted for giving a like while reading a post while sitting on the thunder pot. 🚽
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> > But I’m starting to think you sit there too much.
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> Indeed, I do. And hey, how about giving me a badge for that?
A badge for bad habits? Is there a rate limit?
> [@seeds](#):
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> > [@formeruser12](#):
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> > > [@seeds](#):
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> > > **Fruit Badge** : Granted for liking the banana (or apple) you ate while reading a post.
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> > How would this be implemented? Now you’re just being silly.
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> And you, my friend, get a badge, not only for figuring out the entire purpose of my post (utter silliness),…
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> …but also, for half convincing me that you thought I was being serious.
You can’t get out of this by pretending you were joking.
> [@seeds](#):
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> > [@formeruser12](#):
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> > > [@seeds](#):
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> > > **Mind Wander Badge** : Received for mentally liking a post while making love to your spouse.
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> > Some of these are impossible, you know.
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> Not in the realm of the absurd, which is where most of the forum’s actual badges came from. I think I remember someone receiving a badge **for replying to a post in an email.** And I think that that email badge (and of course this thread by WeSee) is what triggered my current ranting about badges.
>
> However, the truth is that by me trying to interject a little light-hearted comedy into our conversations helps me to (momentarily) take my mind off of the deaths (murder) of little Iranian school girls and that of the impending World War that that **idiot** in the White House is instigating.
Yes, some people don’t deserve badges at all. Even an “I’m human” badge.
> [@seeds](#):
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> > [@formeruser12](#):
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> > > [@seeds](#):
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> > > **Faux Admiration Badge** : Granted when your wife gives you 5 insincere likes on your lovemaking technique.
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> > Well I don’t have a wife anymore, **but that would also not have been possible to achieve.**
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> Come on, Niall, you’re pullin’ my leg, right?
No, that would be your wife. She might not be as disappointed as you think.
> [@seeds](#):
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> > [@formeruser12](#):
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> > > [@seeds](#):
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> > > **Out of Love 2.0 Badge** : Granted for using your daily limit of 50 likes in a single day in order to receive the **“Out of Love 2.0 Badge”** to feed your insatiable desire for more badges.
> >
> > This goes against human nature.
> >
> > I have a suggestion to close with:
> >
> > **Indecisive Badge:** Granted for liking a post, unliking it again, and then finally deciding on liking it. This could actually be implemented in practice, some phone users would receive it by accident.
>
> Good one, Niall, now that’s the spirit. And even though it’s not quite as silly as my suggestions it’s at least a start.
I forgot to add: That badge can be randomly revoked at any time.
> [@seeds](#):
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> Well, I think my prior post fits that latter category, yet - YET - you didn’t give it like. What’s up with that? You’re never going to get that **“Crazy in Love”** badge by making false promises.
I know, but I’m still focused on the “thinking about it” badge.
> [@seeds](#):
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> Meanwhile, I need some clicks on my **peace anthem** that I just uploaded to SoundCloud yesterday.
It’s not really my kind of thing, but I’ll give a pity click no worries. Then I’ll give some more, I can recommend it to friends all over the VPN, I mean, world.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/what-s-with-the-badges-given-by-this-site/84845/10 "2026-04-04T23:17:52Z")
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