Couple thoughts on the badge feature:
Quite some time ago it was suggested that all the animal badges be renamed so they are consistent - we currently have 'raises x' 'lover of x' and a couple others. I think just the name of the animal is sufficient: cows, cats, chickens. You may raise them, keep them, or just love them.
Along those lines, it was also talked about reorganizing the badges so all the animals were together, the plant specific badges were together, etc. I believe this was done with the regions.
I would encourage folks to come up with proposals for their specific regions that are more descriptive rather than simply an outline of the state or the state flag. Good examples: Georgia peach, SW cactus, Nebraska windmill.
As noted earlier, I cleaned out my badges as too busy-looking for me. I would have liked the option to simply 'hide' badges I previously bought or earned but no longer wanted to display rather than deleting them. But, over and done with. It does appear that buying badges is about the only thing to do with the acorns, so perhaps a bit of an update would be nice.
