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Akvod said:

Points encourage people to focus on the quantity of threads and posts rather than the quality of them. I don't really see any theoretical value to them. Does it encourage people to participate more? Maybe? But if they do participate for the points, again, is that really a good motivation? Does that improve the quality of the discussion on this forum, or help the long term health of the community?

This sounds like a great argument against achievements and trophies.