Wine Badges

An interesting idea came to me after reading the pepsi thread, regarding the ‘AFWE card’. I wonder if we might want to voluntarily add badges to our user profiles, which will tell the readers of our posts (particularly tasting notes) our stylistic preferences.

I know it’s an oversimplification, but it might be fun, and somewhat helpful to those who don’t read EVERY post each person posts here (unlike Ken V). If we do a badge for AFWE, what’s the opposite? How do we label it? What classifications should we have? 2? 3? 4?

If we do a badge for AFWE, what’s the opposite?


i like this. I want this badge

Yeah, let’s Gamify Berserkers. Cuz’ that’s the flavor of the month.

what he said

Great idea. CT should do the same thing. I am not very good at describing wines, I either like it or I dont so would be helpful to others if they know what appeals to me.
Maybe 4 levels, 1 being AFWE to the extreme and 4 being Grandmas syrup. I would fall in the #2 category presently.

Would we have to pay more for a badge, above and beyond donor status? :stuck_out_tongue:

Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!

(somebody had to say it)

Mr. Crabby Pants…

Sounds like a great idea…tho I’d make it a style preference descriptor/icon, not a multi-level thing that replicates the 100/20/5/whatever point system. Allowing people to attach multiple style icons to their profile seems important/worthwhile.

I think we’d be better off if we could a semi-standard set of style icons to attach to points in tasting notes. Seems like a great addition to CT to me (it’s not like Eric doesn’t have a long list of things to add :slight_smile:

Especially if they gamify it!! pepsi

Count me as crotchety as well but really it comes more down to signal to noise ratio. The more websites get away from what they do well and fall victim to feature creep, the busier pages get, the less time I spend reading them. CT Classic still works like a champ and is a miracle of signal to noise ratio in this day and age.

Sure, something like Candyland. I loved Candyland when I was 5…who knew it was a prelude to wine appreciation.

Preach on brutha Beck!

Who knew you could agree with Eric while pestering him about his site redesign at the same time. [stirthepothal.gif]

Josh - I’m thinking of something small, where Donor badges are, or perhaps below the contact badges (like IM, etc, below your avatar). That way, it’s not ‘in the way’, but can be used by anyone who wonders what stylistic preference the poster has, to glean MORE information about the note or comment

And if you want just a little fruit with that coffee and mocha:

Right. Then we could open up the social graph and really focus on a Transmedia strategy. I am not really sure what that means of course. But I did hear someone say it at SXSW this year. Badges. Good for 4square. Bad for WB. newhere

AFWE v. BAWLER (Big Ass Wine Lover)

I’d also propose “FENCE” which would be an easy badge for those of us that happen to enjoy both styles with frequency.

What if you like many different styles? What badge would you propose for “wine slut?”. Has to be SFW…