# Badges Practices and Gamification
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-practices-and-gamification/89664
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [June 12, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-practices-and-gamification/89664 "2018-06-12T08:31:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Daria](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daria)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-practices-and-gamification/89664/1 "2018-06-12T08:31:36Z")
Hey,
I wanted to ask what is your experience with Discourse badges? Do you use all of them? Do you think itโs better to use less/more? I read that using too many badges may decrease user motivation as he gets a point for every action. What do you think?
Besides, do you organize any games, contest, etc. on your community to attract users and keep your community alive? If yes, what do you consider to be a good idea?
Thanks guys!
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-practices-and-gamification/89664/2 "2018-06-12T17:54:17Z")
Hey Daria,
Check out this topic for a long badge discussion: [What has your experience been with badges in your communities?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-has-your-experience-been-with-badges-in-your-communities/69597)
> [@Daria](#):
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> What do you think?
I agree.
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### Author:  [@Daria](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daria)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-practices-and-gamification/89664/3 "2018-06-13T07:32:52Z")
Great, thanks HAWK! ๐