Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1196539-20131221183156/@comment-1196539-20131221210037

So long as the system exists, you're going to have users coming in and doing the former. I'm not saying they're right to do so, just that it's going to continue to happen. I'm just trying to get people to think about the payoff versus the risk. There's not a lot of the former.

And I think your example is kind of splitting hairs; both examples are wastes of blog posts. Truthfully, I think the vast majority of users on this or any wiki will never have much reason to keep a blog of any kind, unless they're very regular contributors with dozens of followers who want a news feed. Which is going to create tension in those who want to pursue the badges, but lack any reason to post, and ties back to my "risk vs. reward" point.