Badges

[Julie1]

Hello 

What are the badges that you earn on this site? 

What is the purpose of them? 

And the other awards? 

Is there some kind of incentive to it? 

[Lance]

Basically it means nothing ... no free trips or extra days of everlasting life ..

Just a feature in the commercial program.

[Julie1]

Oh dear, thought I was going to win a  cuddly 🧸 

Yes there is those kind of things on the site Duolingo that I am on it doesn't mean anything. 

And there is no subscription here. 

" Give your gifts and secret"

[Parale]

1 hour ago, Julie1 said:

What is the purpose of them? 

 

It's called gamification.

 

"Gamification is the process of integrating game design elements and principles (such as points, badges, and leaderboards) into non-game contexts in order to increase user engagement and motivation."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification

 

[Tortuga]

25 minutes ago, Parale said:

 

It's called gamification.

 

"Gamification is the process of integrating game design elements and principles (such as points, badges, and leaderboards) into non-game contexts in order to increase user engagement and motivation."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification

 

Is that why I have almost 144,000 reactions? 🤣