04-29-2018, 05:38 PM
I have mixed feelings about that. Normally I'm against rewarding all participants simply for participating but in the case of a forum comp I don't have a huge problem with it and it could boost participation as you suggested. However, that could also lessen the impact of receiving a winning badge and could leave people less motivated to make good entries. It could also spawn a lot of effortless entries from people who don't care about the competition and just want the badge.