Thread:GreenMoriyama/@comment-34285197-20170903115523/@comment-3391671-20170904142734

Yes. I believe it to be the case. I do not know your age, your experience and other whatnots, but the above is my take on the achievements system. It helps when a community is loose and lacks user-to-user connection, which I wouldn't call "community growth" but moreso a means to energize the community into contirbuting. But once the community has profound members (dedicated users who are identifiable) or has lost their numbers, the value of achievements go down. People who still hunt for achievements in the latter case are not doing it for the wikia, but for their self-satisfication. Truly, it can make someone feel good that they put XX edits into the wiki, but that's the thought process of someone inexperienced. Not to say that you are one of such people, but that if you consider what achievements really boil down to that, that is what it can become.