User blog comment:D. Cello/Badges, Badges, Badges, Badges, Badg...!!!/@comment-3140615-20100722021958

For the ones critisizing the badges, you can disable them. That's something you forgot to announce, D. Cello. Just go to Special:Preferences, Misc, and finally click the Hide my achievements on my user page when I visit it and don't notify me of earned badges button.