I logged into the support community for the first time in many months. Suddenly 12 "badge" notification emails arrived. Either I'm very special or everyone is. Well, at least I can pretend 😉
They are senseless. For whatever reason, TPTB at Adobe thought that "gamifying" the user-to-user support forums would make people more likely to participate. I don't think the people making the decision bothered asking any of the people running or using the forums. There's been a lot of griping about the lacks in the Lithium platform.