<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Doug wrote</title><author_name>Doug (npub1ps…v7haf)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1pslg9txv2jz62zadkt247vqxgmsy5fxn3rwzua7rkxxdkgsqg26sav7haf</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><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</html></oembed>