Comments are second hand content here - as you know comments are liable to be removed at a drop of a hat, they are ephemeral and should not be considered to have any permanence or importance.

As such - adding badges will only cause comments to be "gamed" for it and encourage more commenting rather than less.

In fact - comments like the one you have posted as an example should be flagged as too chatty and removed.

Comments are second class content here - as you know comments are liable to be removed at a drop of a hat, they are ephemeral and should not be considered to have any permanence or importance.

As such - adding badges will only cause comments to be "gamed" for it and encourage more commenting rather than less.

In fact - comments like the one you have posted as an example should be flagged as too chatty and removed.

Comments are second hand content here - as you know comments are liable to be removed at a drop of a hat, they are ethereal and should not be considered to have any permanence or importance.

As such - adding badges will only cause comments to be "gamed" for it and encourage more commenting rather than less.

In fact - comments like the one you have posted as an example should be flagged as too chatty and removed.

Comments are second hand content here - as you know comments are liable to be removed at a drop of a hat, they are ephemeral and should not be considered to have any permanence or importance.

As such - adding badges will only cause comments to be "gamed" for it and encourage more commenting rather than less.

In fact - comments like the one you have posted as an example should be flagged as too chatty and removed.