User blog comment:Dharden/Response from Wikia about achievements/@comment-1519608-20101025224036

I say we try and make the best of this situation. I am aware that our community had originally not supported this feature, but since we're essentially forced to use it, maybe we should consider this a trial? By this I mean, maybe we should implement badges and see how they work, so that when this promotion is complete, we can decide again whether or not we want to eliminate badges.