{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Doug wrote","author_name":"Doug (npub1ps…v7haf)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1pslg9txv2jz62zadkt247vqxgmsy5fxn3rwzua7rkxxdkgsqg26sav7haf","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"I’ve come to realize that although we joke about badges, they sort of are a way of public acknowledgement or verification of certain aspects like “first 100 adopters”, “Nostr Do-Gooder”, “Pleb Captain” etc where new or unknown users can take a look at someone’s profile and see they’re validated in certain areas as the protocol expands out. Yes it will be manipulated like anything else, but the ideology seems pretty solid"}